Dreams we awake with

Athens, Greece
Greece for the mythology
For Zeus, Apollo and Athena,
For the marble and bronze sculptures
Ask for the woman who conceived western culture
Bearing a history wealthy enough to make me obese
Greece for the architecture
For Doric and ionic styles that tell of tradition.
Greece for hospitality and a sense of family
Greece for the language
For Alpha, beta, ομορφιά and ευτυχία
And a people that know how to party
Greece for grilled meat, fresh fish and courgette balls
For all things olive
And an anthem that reminds me of service hymns
Madagascar.

LARDO

Glossary: ομορφιά and ευτυχία = Beauty and happiness.