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Dimitris Yeros - Δημήτρης Γέρος

 

DAYS OF 1901

What set him apart was,
that amidst all his depravity
and his extensive amorous experience,
despite all his habitual
accord of attitude and age,
there were moments
- though naturally very rare -
when he gave the impression
of virtually untouched flesh.
The beauty of his twenty-nine years,
beauty so seasoned by wanton pleasure,
at times strangely recalled a youth who
- rather awkwardly - surrenders
his chaste body to love for the first time.