The piano in the Meridien Centre

This morning, I went with my mum to Waitrose - she wanted to buy some New Forest ice cream - 

We walked down West Street, past a terraced house decorated with a Union Jack - 

Her son died out there my mum said - 

A man wearing a cowboy hat waved at us from behind his front window - we often saw him when we passed this way - 

In the Meridien Centre, just before Wilkos, we saw a piano -

On the lid of the piano were the words please play me - 

We paused for a few moments, under the silver escalators - 

This would be a lovely place for a concert my mum said - 

Women in jeggings smoked e cigarettes in Boswells - 

As we entered  Wilkos, I looked back at the piano -

I thought I heard music, just for a moment - but the keys were still hidden, the piano unplayed - 

11.30

27 October 2014

 

Outside Wilkos

The Meridien Centre

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