Scarborough Monopoly

We play a wild game of Scarborough Monopoly -

Wallace cannily planting hotels -

Otis tumbling the dice like a Mississippi gambler - 

Scarborough 

July 2026 

The white cafe

I wore a blue shirt patterned with flowers in the white cafe -

There were sculpted trees in the dazzling square -

We sipped exquisite cappuccinos -

Concept 30

Malaga 

June 2026 

Forgetting everything

You kissed me on the cheek -

Then hugged me, gently stroking my back -

I said I love seeing you -

You said I love seeing you too - 

You looked at me - 

We were both silent -

I wanted to be in your arms again -

My heart melted with tenderness -

I thought of how brave you were -

How my heart races seeing your lovely body -

How I forget everything when I'm alone with you -

Husbands, wives, everything -

July 2026 

Sultry bedrooms

High above us whilst we drank Vermouth -

Those wrought iron balconies -

Apartments touching the hazy sky -

The opened windows of sultry bedrooms -

Malaga 

June 2026 

Thinking of J G Ballard

Along the beach were white villas -

When I saw them, I would think of J G Ballard -

Those seared lawns -

Those emptied swimming pools - 

de Torre Benagalbon 

June 2026 

In the courtyard after swimming

We would sit in the courtyard, salt in our hair - 

Shaded from the sun -

Shards of Manchego on our tongues -

de Torre Benagalbon 

June 2026

June 2026

Palacio de Vilallon

Memories of the Museo -

From sunlight to shade -

A quiet courtyard -

Slender arches -

The echo of a proud name -

The grace of the stone -

June 2026