Unreliable
Forever, you say,
is how we console children
you don't believe in consolation
but I am a child
Empress Indignant
Lena Drake
Empress Indignant
Inspired by true events
αυτοκράτειρα αγανακτισμένη
1993
Just tell the story again, of the sparrows who flew from falling Rome, their blazed wings.
-Ocean Vuong