FERRET IN THE LEGHOLD TRAP

now he knows what to do
not like last time
when he waited till dawn
to cut off with his teeth
his back left paw

So now
with the first spout of blood
he starts to gnaw with frenzy
his front right paw
with frenzy, with courage

even with only two
he will still want to 

(Translated by Ioanna Tachmintzis, Greek Letters, a journal of Modern Greek literature in translation, 16, 2003-4)