In the museum ...

The museum was full of gentle murmurs - 

I walked through the galleries like a shy antiquarian - 

I gazed at the swift merciless shape of a pliosaur - 

I saw a painting by Christopher Wood, a drawing by Augustus John -

A vice admiral glowered with his foxy beard - 

A naked woman gazed at the sea from a rooftop - 

She looked like a woman in a dream -

A gilt frame held a gentleman wearing a hanging wig - 

Underneath my feet were shards of Samian ware - 

Time was entangled here - 

I wore my future like clothes made out of mist - 

My past and present were braided in my hair - 

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Thursday 9 August 2018

Dorset County Museum 

Dortchester