Afternoons in Ithaka by Spiri Tsintziras

Author:Spiri Tsintziras
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

… may you stop at Phoenician trading stations

to buy fine things,

mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

sensual perfume of every kind –

as many sensual perfumes as you can …

All these ‘sensual perfumes’ have intoxicated me, dulled my senses – I have inhaled them too quickly. By the time we get to London, I am exhausted. The weather is grim. As the ferry pulls in past the Dover cliffs, I feel a sense of déjà vu, as if I have been here before. On the train to our hostel, I get the same feeling; people are reading their newspapers, quietly going about their business as they do on Melbourne trains. At the station, a voice on the loudspeaker instructs us repeatedly to move to the left of the escalator if we are standing still, to overtake on the right.

I stay in London for two days. It’s long enough for me to realise I don’t want to work here. I’ve also made another important realisation: I can’t escape myself, or my family. It’s time to go home.

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