Happy Merry Christmas she said -
How are you? I asked, handing over the small coins -
Not so good she said -
Hospital - it's there - pointing to her middle - hippolay - hippolay -
What - your tummy? I asked -
No, no -
She frowned - it's there, hippolay -
What did she mean, I thought -
Every Thursday she sat there, on her small folding stool -
The sunshine warmed her - the rain fell upon her -
She carried her life upon her back -
What did I know? -
Take care I said - you take care -
Happy Merry Christmas she said -
11.30
Thursday 23 November 2017
South Street
Wareham
Dorset
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