Soon I'd hear a smokey voice call my name ...

This morning we went for a test drive in a Qashqai - 

Pristine beasts slept in the showroom's marble halls - 

James, our Sales Specialist, had the sprezzatura of a gilded Renaissance courtier -  

We admired the opulent sheen of the Qashqai's coachwork - 

It's very smooth to drive Anne said - 

She drove, as ever, with icy calm - 

I'm not immediately impressed she said - 

We told James we'd think about it - James smiled his silken smile -

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I remembered the first car I'd bought, the blue Sunbeam Rapier - 

I'd bought it from an unshaven rogue - the ashtrays were filled with roaches - the radio played lazy reggae - 

I'd park the car outside the shebeen in a midnight street - once inside, I'd drink whisky out of a paper cup - soon I'd hear a smoky voice call my name -

13.30

Saturday 27 February 2016

Christchurch

Dorset