Revisiting Simon Raven's world ...

I'm revisiting Simon Raven's world - I'm rubbing shoulders once more with louche flaneurs, dining out with scholarly rakes - 

I'm reading Face of the Waters - sitting before the log fire, with the book open before me, I'm transported far away from the quiet valley - 

I'm reminded that within me, hidden deeply away, is a desire to be a rogue - I remember dancing in a shebeen, reeling into a private club - 

Looking at myself in the mirror, I see myself wreathed in smoke - I can hear my name being called - a small hand clasps my wrist - 

22.45

February 9 2015

The Old School House

East Stoke