Athens Descent Page 51

Two Empty Chairs
Two old café chairs sit in front of a blue door covered in scribbles, as if waiting for two friends to come back. Down a quiet street, a man in a red helmet rides an electric bike straight at the camera, grinning. A parking sign, half hidden in a hedge, has been splattered with white paint. On the next corner, a young man stands on the phone beside his white car, its bonnet wide open. He is explaining, again, that he will be late.