You know I find these vending machines so tiresome
They are meant to be tiresome
What time is the next train?
In about ten minutes
It is the last Dover train of the day
I am going home at last
Are you excited?
Very I am going to meet my distant descendants
I think I have been in Gravesend for too long
How long have you lived here
Four hundred years
I have had this conversation on many occasions
It is never different
She never catches the train
She just stands next to the tiresome vending machine
Awaiting the next train
With a slight smile pursing her lips
Pocahontas
You died in this estuary town
On your return voyage
Miles from your original home
The location of your grave is unknown
As your father’s church was consumed by flames
Only your statue remains
Everybody visits you
But few remember you
There is a life size statue of Pocahontas at Saint George’s Church in Gravesend Kent
Pocahontas was buried here after her death in 1617
The exact location of her grave is unknown as the original church was destroyed by fire in 1627
She is thought to have been buried underneath the chancel of the church
Pocahontas
Indian Bride
No good will come of your voyage
You will die in an estuary town
In England’s first county
Pocahontas and her husband John Rolfe were returning to Virginia in March 1617 but only got as far as Gravesend as Pocahontas had become seriously ill
After being taken ashore she died soon after and was buried in the Kent town
Her grave is now lost
Trail Monkey
The Trail Monkey always rides
In the final wagon
Of the train
He is tasked
To look out for
Red Indians
But they are far away