Longing for a bright world ...

I walked across Falkland Square - 

The east wind stirred the feathers of oily pigeons - 

A homeless girl waited for small coins outside Carphone Warehouse - 

I met up with Anne in Sports Direct - 

Anodyne pop was playing - 

I breathed in air scented by rubber - 

Wiry boys stood behind the tills - 

Girls in blue shorts guarded reefs of trainers - 

It was mid afternoon - 

Dads shuffled past - 

This grey town, I thought, could be the setting of a short story by China Mieville - 

Some dystopia in the near future - 

Pale creatures longing for a bright world - 

15.00

Sunday 29 April 2018

Sports Direct

Poole