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Friday, 8 July 2016

La Victoria, La La La

Silhouette, is that how they spell it
A range of mountains across the water
From our dinner-table
A foreshore, over there, with lights strung up

We had Paella, after starters
We had  wine, before after-dinner drinks
We listened to the  cicada's
And prepared ourselves, for mosquitoes


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Thursday, 7 July 2016

AM St Salvador

I am warm
Sat in the quiet common room
We have no plans
Except the pleasure of your birthday

Already we have been to church
Looked in on the nativity scenes
Compared the gift shop
To something from Father Ted

You tell me it is due to rain, I reply
But it isn't raining now
And they will only be showers
Not like the real rain back home


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Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Windolene

Into that sunlight of idleness
No need to stretch ourselves
Before and behind our eyelids
Time just to be
Time just to be

On to those flickers of dustiness
No need to clear ourselves
Ahead and across our vision
Speckles to see
Speckles to see


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Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Outside

It was cold
And I was ok with that

The crazy paving was dry
The garden grass was wet
And I thought that was fine

The car boot clicked
And opened

I saw the porridge
The day had started well


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Monday, 4 July 2016

A 26 Mile Walk For A Bar-Meal

On this day, when I read the obituary of a man whose destination was Sheffield

I was told, by a different man, the story of him getting lost in the woods, with a psychologist from match.com

And a lady came by East Coast Rail, to tell the story of putting the young couple, on their honeymoon, into single beds

Earlier, by the fire, old photographs were browsed, from the black-and-white, and sepia-tone archives

The few were gathered, before you spoke carefully chosen words, of love, and care; you told of a life well lived

I myself had a moment, on leaving the shopping centre, where I had left you, so that you might catch your own train, half way home


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