July 2, 2025 [part 2]

the Acropolis was built
stone by stone by hand
and when it was eroded
by siege
or nature
or time
it was rebuilt
stone by stone
by hand
and these days
though the hands are working
machinery
the conservation process
is rebuilding things
to seem
as they would have been
thousands of years ago
still
stone
by
stone

July 2, 2025

being dehydrated
while walking around in Greece
is nice because
you don’t have to use the restroom
nearly as much as usual

but it’s not completely great, because
you’re dehydrated
in Greece