Secondhand books and gaudy nights ...

I picked up Hudson's Far Away and Long Ago - 

I remembered the second hand bookshop with its winding stair - 

I went there, one tipsy summer afternoon - 

Upstairs, I'd walked across creaking floorboards - 

I could see the Cathedral through the narrow window - 

Careless sunlight fell upon the bookshelves - 

The love of words flowed over me, as strong as my love of gaudy nights - 

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Monday 11 December 2017

The Old School House

East Stoke

Dorset