Artemio in Woodend ...

I'm reading The Death of Artemio Cruz in Woodend -

I can hear languid saxophones -

I sip coffee from a fragile cup -


There's an exhibition of gentle posters -

Scarborough, the tonic holiday -


A penguin holds up a yellow parasol -

A golden couple loll on the perfect sand -


I look once more at the yellowy page -

There was a moonflower -

Artemio rode across the river -



Wednesday 11 March 2020


Woodend
Scarborough