Alone,
Waiting for the phone to ring,
A woman friend has promised to call between five and six,
My fingers are stained with ashes,
Its seven o'clock
When the phone starts to ring,
It isn't her,
But another woman,
From the phone company,
These chairs should be rearranged
she said
Who would do that
I said
You
came her answer
as she sat
I moved the other chair close to hers
Gábor G. Gyukics (b. 1958) Hungarian-American poet and literary translator. He is writing both in English and in Hungarian. He is the author of four (4) books of poetry including Last Smile (1999 NY), one (1) art catalogue based on his poems, one (1) poetry CD called Sand Snail (2000 NY), four books of translations: Half-Naked Muse contemporary American Poetry in Hungarian (2000 Budapest), Swimming in the Ground contemporary Hungarian Poetry in English (2002 Neshui, St. Louis), Gypsy Drill the poetry of Attila Balogh in English (2006 Neshui, St. Louis) and Transparent Lion the poetry of Attila Jozsef (2006 Green Integer LA). His co-translator to English is Michael Castro. He has established the first and still active Open Reading series in Hungary.