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The Weariness of Giving
I am tired of lighting fires to warm others, only to end up freezing myself…
Of sharing my chair with every weary soul, only for them to settle in while I curl up on the floor…
Of wiping away other people’s tears with my lips, while my own dry on my cheeks and harden into a crust…
Alkyoni Papadaki, Skismeno Psathaki (The Torn Straw Mat), novel,
First published in Greek by Kedros Publications.
