Garage door, small key -
Front door, 2 keys - patio door -
My dad had written those words on the key tabs -
I remembered how he'd dig in his pockets for the front door key -
Back from the Day Centre, holding a James Patterson in his free hand -
Glad to sink in his armchair and say oh my -
Wearing his tweed jacket despite the sun -
I've been in hotter places than this -
I'd sit with him inside the lounge of memory -
I saw all the long afternoons becoming this one -
The house emptied -
Closing the front door -
Other hands turning the key -
18.03
Monday 30 July 2018
Staunton Road
Havant
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