He took my few obels ...

I remembered these stories - 

The Life Buyer -

Death of an Earthman -

Day Million -

I'd read them when I'd longed to see spaceports on Mars -

I'd imagined a truer, less stained, future - 

The lean silver fox in the emporium smiled - 

I'd almost lost my way in his beguiling labyrinth - 

He took my few obels - 

These are classics he said - 

23 February 2021

Scarborough