Soon the Ward was left behind - I remembered the old ladies, propped up on their beds -
One confused old lady cried out every ten minutes excuse me lady -
Sophie had come down from London to see my mum, and to be with her on her return to the sparkling house -
We sat in the garden, drinking tea - my mum admired some roses - the tiny lawns were newly mowed -
When we accompanied Sophie to the railway station, we passed the town cricket field -
The sky was full of delicate cloud -
The pavilion was shut up - I could see no sign of life within, only thin shadows -
I thought of the game of cricket - I was quite distracted for a moment by a vision of a cricket ball, spinning through long grass -
Soon Sophie would be returning to Bethnal Green, to her flat overlooking the Regent's Canal -
A pale moon hung in the sky -
6.02
June 9 2014
Havant
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