The wounded statues
of Athena’s city
anticipate spring’s healing herbs
to cure anger’s hurts.
Unprotestingly they accepted anger’s bullets,
bricks, marbles, paints…
They should pay off the losses
caused to innocents by a winter so prolonged.
Why stay imperiously on their pedestals?
Reason to be suspected of in conspiracies enfolding.
They stood there callously,
when frozen people confronted winter’s severe attack!
To show that things run on the right track?
Ah, they would not allow statues to favour
the opponent’s side
even if only insisting on their own nonchalance.
Faced by demonstrators in gleeful acclamation
they must take sides with them
or else be laughed by them to scorn,
be in scarecrows transformed.
The consequences of their indifference should be paid for.
It is unacceptable people to stare at them astound;
it means treachery and disorientation.
Eyes have to shed bitter tears
when confronting winter’s savage assault,
this is no time for artistic indulgence.
Waiting neutral for the Spring to come
won’t allay heavy winter’s suffering.
Statues have to participate in popular struggle.
Art’s primal duty is people’s expectation to serve
and statues must to the wintry plight respond!
Oh, Yes.
Would they let the statues aloof?
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