Mykonos by Cruise Ship - April 27, 2024

Gary Hunter
Apr 27, 2024
1 min read

they crawl off the floating

highrise cross a tiny plank

and fan out like ants

swarm its alleys and grey stone

thoroughfares spreading

like blood from a bad wound

overrun shops

pick restaurants clean

surround its mountaintops

follow a hot and sweaty

highway that circles

the island

then disappear back

into their giant nest

as the sun sets

the bones of Mykonos

picked a little cleaner

bleached a shade whiter

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