The Next Table
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
He must be barely twenty-two years old
yet I'm certain just about that long ago
I enjoyed the very same body.
It isn't erotic fever at all.
And I came into the casino only a few minutes ago,
so I haven't had time to drink very much.
I enjoyed that very same body.
And if I don't remember where, this one lapse of memory doesn't mean a thing.
There, now that he's sitting down at the next table,
I recognize every motion he makes -and under his clothes
I see again the limbs that I loved, naked.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAB XAXB X XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 1, 3 |
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