Whenever I am in Scarborough I always think of time passing

I stay at the Grand Hotel on the sixth floor facing the sea

It is a hotel that knows time above all other things

The four towers indicate the seasons of the year

There are fifty two chimneys counting the passing weeks

And there used to be three hundred and sixty-five rooms

But now there are only two hundred and eighty

Staff have been told to be on the lookout for the missing rooms

I always stay in the Cuthbert Room whilst you stay in the Victoria Room

We should not been seen in each others company but we often sneak off into the town

My name is Blue Water and you are known as Skating Park but we use aliases when staying at the hotel

Because if we are caught together then the consequences would be serious especially for me

You might say that you come here for your health but I have no excuse as my lungs are strong

I might say that I am an architect a sixth child and that I often visit coastal towns to design gardens

But I do not imagine that for a minute I would be believed as architects never visit Scarborough