Smouldering Rags

Alice kept a newspaper photograph of a dead sculptor on her studio wall

She was a potter and not particularly in interested in sculpture

But she felt comfortable in his presence

When her studio caught fire after the kiln overheated

The only thing that she rescued was the newspaper cutting of the dead sculptor

 

Five Waterspouts

Peggy lived in coastguard’s cottage

One day during a storm at sea

She saw five waterspouts

Heading towards her home

It was then that she knew

That her sisters would be visiting

She had trained to be a classical violinist

But did not care for the fragile instrument

 

1944

In 1944 her father saw five waterspouts when at sea

And wrote a letter to his future daughters

Urging them to avoid waterspouts at all costs

Happily Peggy’s future father survived the war

And became a classical violinist

Until his death in 1967

 

Reunion

In 1967 on the island of Reunion Peggy met Alice

Whilst swimming and searching for serpents at sea

They fell in love but did not meet again until 2017

When they discovered each other again on

The Railway Station of Lost Memories

 

The Blue Train

For fifty years they had travelled together on the Blue Train

Without seeing each other

Alice had become a potter

And Peggy a sculptor

Who had refused to be photographed

With her classical violins

As she was much terrified

Of the serpents within