The empty sky ...

Driving to the Sports Centre, I felt, for just a moment, the chill of my schoolboy dread of Games - 

The barrel chest of the Welshman, our teacher - 

Reacing for his plimsoll - 

Whacking the sluggardly and the timid - 

The bigger boys -

The horror of the showers - 

The ropes in the gym - 

The appalling horse - 

The rain drizzling on the rugby field - 

The only solace, the cross country - 

Running fast and alone - 

Escaping - 

Thin body light as air - 

The fields each side of the path - 

The empty sky above - 

17.30

Thursday 29 November 2018

Wareham

Dirset