Agamemnon Flinched

"Senior poet and author George Tsongas blends his Greek ancestry, his world travels, his tenure as a San Francisco resident and habitué of Café Trieste, and his personal observations on the human condition into a rich tapestry of compact word art," - Ana Elsner, author

the mask
(argos)

agamemnon
stares at me, and
when i stare back
he flinches, as
though i've given
him the look
that narrows
the centuries
to what we feel

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