The city lights stand out like a busy constellation of streets and houses, while satellite cars weave their way around the
inverted sky. It's impossible to make sense of, except for the main strip which is a single mound of coloured, noisy light. I
like that the lights don't seem to get dimmer as they get farther away. They only get smaller and smaller until they slip
behind the bends of the maze-like valley.
There is a hill to the North of here that looms over the twinkle of the valley like a shadow. The sky is so low and dark that
it seems to merge with the hill. It's like I am standing at the mouth of a cave made of cloud and earth that hides the city
from the rest of the universe. From here, the river is nothing but a smudge at the bottom of the hill, and if you look closely,
you can almost see the water creeping along the bed like asnake trying to sneak away into darkness.
The wind blows through the valley with force and power, as if a greek god was common......
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