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By Nicholas Andriani
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Rhythmic swells reverberate through your lungs. The black streets of Valencia.
Backstreet Europe.
Romani enclaves, gypsy-parts of town.
We’ll sit here in the Plaça de la Virgen with our stiff drinks. Sangria. Smartly bashful we’re red-faced, delirious.
For it is Spring, the blossoms sing
Nodding in the wind.
Blanco bells of nerium ring.
"I'M A NARRATIVE DESIGNER, GAME WRITER & STORY CONSULTANT I CRAFT IMMERSIVE WORLDS, AND I BRING STORIES TO LIFE. WITH A KEYBOARD IN HAND, I TRANSVERSE MYSTERIOUS WORLDS, FROM ANCIENT FANTASY REALMS TO FUTURISTIC GALAXIES, AND I NAVIGATE THE HIDDEN ALLEYS OF DYSTOPIAN CITYSCAPES. ALL IN A DAY'S WORK." Part-time Cheesemonger Learning Technology and Design + Interactive Writing + Game Studies + English + 日本語 @mizzou
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Only critique (since you asked), “parts of town” not very poetic, pulls you out of the piece. Even the word “settlements” would be better. Otherwise, nice piece!