When the time comes for me
To say goodbye to all this
Do not grieve
But kiss me on the forehead
Αnd whisper in my ear
“Καλή αντάμωση”.
And for a moment believe
That death is not the end.
Pavlos Andronikos
Dec. 2019
Published in Antipodes no. 66, Nov. 2020, p. 131.
The title of the picture is “The Lovers’ Seat in Long Ditton Cemetery”.