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Eros's avatar

Seeing Athens through this ghostly lens opened up new avenues of vision for familiar places. As someone pointed out, you really are the Alfonso Cuarón of the prose poem.

Au revoir!

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J.K. Ghillis's avatar

Nicely put and much appreciated, Eros. Thank you!

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Gareth Marks's avatar

Wow, this was impressive. So fluid yet so evocative. I felt like I was there.

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J.K. Ghillis's avatar

Humble thanks, Mr. Marks!

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Vanechka's avatar

As someone who wrote some one-sentence stories, I really enjoyed this one

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J.K. Ghillis's avatar

Thank you, fellow traveller, thank you indeed.

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Jane Dougherty's avatar

I'm glad I followed the recommendation. This took me back to scenes from post-war Italian literature.

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J.K. Ghillis's avatar

Thank you, JD!

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Wow amazing! This felt like I was watching a one-take film.

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J.K. Ghillis's avatar

Thank you, D, for braving through to the closing credits.

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Adam Snyder's avatar

Line breaks in place of commas, what a poem!

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J.K. Ghillis's avatar

Hmm, that's an idea... Would probably make it easier on the reader, too.

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