Kim Sjostrom I have not met you, perhaps I’ll some day meet your husband. <br />Teddy Efkarpides, your husband not even a day, <br />You became faint and died in his arms when you danced your first dance together, <br />As husband and wife, <br />you’d be there always, <br />-never say never, <br />You were his Helen; he was your Paris, <br />-forever lovers to themselves to keep <br />There was much grief ands strife. <br />So much your tragic event that Homer would certainly weep, <br />Your first grade students certainly mourned your passing, <br />But in the end you found what loves is and you died living, loving, <br />That’s than I can say about a lot of other people, <br />Marilyn Monroe, <br />Anna Nicole Smith, <br />Heath Ledger, for example. <br />For the fame and money is all what they had, <br />But for their TAO, <br />-their karma was very bad. <br />These were made for Sophocles, <br />Yours can be thought of by Euripides, <br />So mournful is your Efkarpides. <br />Sjostrom is Swedish surname, was your mother Greek? <br />Did you let the guests toss their dishes and break them against the wall? <br />I personally experienced in the Placa in Athens. <br />Did the milky color of Ouzo with ice in a glass drape the tables? <br />Did you have Dimitri Tiomkin music while your guest where seated? <br />Somewhere on TV, <br />Never on a Sunday played along with the Greek called Zorba; <br />Of that week. <br />My Big Fat Greek Wedding, <br />you cherished the movie, <br />Especially when Windex cures all, <br />-in the movie, <br />Hopefully in its presence you will be at peace, <br />Peace of mind shall your beloved Teddy seek. <br /> <br />(2-11-2008)<br /><br />Joe Rosochacki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-great-greek-tragedy/
