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Summer Evening in Athens - Aug. 31, 2023

Gary Hunter

it’s a quieter Athens as it cools

the sun’s memory erased

in a pause of gray light

silent but for the whispers of carved marble

their stories of glory linger

in a white settling haze


partly the dust of those statues

broken by foes crushed by time

the rest shed from everyday life

on cobbled streets thousands of years old

by day lifted by cars and brooms and tourist’s feet

it now drifts back home


in this after-dinner-drink hour

flat rooftops of the city

tile the horizon


and the Parthenon’s lit columns

glow like a nightlight

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