Like an Indian Scout up San Diego Road ...

We spent an hour or so in the company of gentle bric a brac -

We were idling away Sunday morning in an Antiques Fayre - 

Tessa admired a wooden mask - 

I read some pages of The Annals of Mont Blanc - 

Cigarette cards recalled days when people smoked in dance halls - 

The detritus of small lives was washed up upon folding tables - 

We were served tea and cake by a nervy irritable woman - 

I'm in a hurry she said - how do you like your tea ? - 

I kept my red admission ticket - 

It was like the ticket I'd been given when I saw films at The Criterion - 

I'd hooted with the other boys at the cowboys on the screen - 

I can recall even now the itchy darkness of the small cinema - 

I'd walked back home like an Indian Scout up San Diego Road - 

11.30

Sunday 7 May 2017

Village Hall

Corfe Castle 

Dorset