The word for this time ...

I'm reading Zola -

The Debacle -

The yellowed pages, unread for years -

They were waiting for this time -

They were like fuses, slowly burning -


And that word -

Debacle -

So apt -

So made for this time -


I murmur it whilst reading -

It's like ash upon my tongue -

Debacle - 


Friday October 4 2019


The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset