Published in / Opublikowane w: Women Online Writing
Date of publication / Data publikacji: 2014
BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
It started two days before.
On Sunday from the morning
forty muttons on the spits. And kokoretsi.
Music and dancing between
the tables set
for eight hundred people.
Silent mountains around
And an inaudible hum of the sea somewhere in the background.
Ancient language. Familiar language. Incomprehensible language.
Whistling in the dance. Ouzo and beer. Heat.
Turkish blood, black eyes. Hops.
Dark scarved heads.
Brothers, cousins, uncles.
Terrified.
***
I was waiting.
The phone sort of
deaf-mute
protrudes on the table.
Under the blind lamp.
Feeling around.
A lot of wine, a lot, you say.
A lot of tears, a lot.
A lot. I.
Am. Waiting.
The phone sort of.
