Chimera: Short Stories and Tall Tales by Fotis Dousos - HTML preview

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Solar Eclipse

 

I was twelve years old when I looked at the solar eclipse with the naked eye. Despite the explicit prohibition of our teacher and the warnings of our parents, I turned my face and looked. It was then that I lost 80% of my eyesight on the right eye.

 

Nevertheless, I have no regrets about it. With my burnt iris I was able – while growing up – to see all the things that make people’s eyes burn and turn away: the God eclipse, the love eclipse, the sense eclipse…