The cloud hangs
Or drifts
Imperceptibly slowly
As if on a stage set
Or a film
About negative capability
So still are the trees
As if renewing the view
Of that Tuscany horizon
Here, with different fruit
It could be for hmm…
But no, I know not what
Except that now
It stretches directly upwards
Whereas before it leant, slant
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Fresh flowers
In the window by the table
My back nestles
Into the chair
With its plain but curved back
Monastic music plays
In this well-populated café
I settled on
The Tunisian Orange cake
Plus a Benedictine slice
With a strawberry milkshake
Halfway through the cake
I decided that a black Americano
Was also in order
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Monday morning
Blue sky
Bright sunlight
Wind blowing
Like billy-ho
How far
To the schoolyard
To the maypole
To those memories
Unable to be crystallised
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In sunlight
And laughter
If it’s boredom
That you’re after
There’s other places to go
How could I not see
Another part of me
How else to be
With perspicacity
Befuddled
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Arrive at The Bothy for one full week
Provisions bought at M&S
So little need for further departures
But absolutely no TV
Even though last night’s
Sky Arts expose of the Moody Blues
Totally captivated me
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