Breakfast in Albert Road ...

We had breakfast in the taxi drivers' cafe - 

The cafe had just opened - 

We were not too hungover - 

Richard ordered a veggie breakfast - 

I ordered scrambled eggs - 

Outside, cyclists wove between Skodas - 

School children waited for buses - 

Pale light fell upon louche rooftops - 

I remembered the walk back in the early hours - 

The dark villas - 

The pavements feathered with fallen leaves - 

The sheltering alleyway - 

The waning moon above the Jewish Cemetery - 

Those who were invisible walking with us - 

My father's watch around my wrist - 

08.00

Tuesday 6 of November 2018

Mumms Cafe

Southsea