Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Finishing reading "The Essays of Elia" ...



I finished reading The Essays of Elia last night - 

I wanted to pinch out a candle, to reach for a bumper of Malaga

I put more birch logs upon the fire - 

I gazed at my unread books - words hummed like bees within their covers - 

I knew that I would remember that gentle voice - 

I pictured the author, walking with his sister to Hoxton Asylum, both weeping - 

No wonder, I thought, he looked for his midnight cup - 


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Monday 30 November 2015 

The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset  



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