I had been employed to clean swimming pools

It was a very relaxed occupation

I used a large net to remove the organic debris

And then would dispose of the sacks elsewhere

Usually I was on my own but occasionally

The owners and their guests stayed in the pool area

It did not matter to me as I was just the pool boy

About a month ago I met a famous French actress

Who asked me to read Victor Hugo to her as she swam in her pool

We spent the afternoon together just chatting and swimming

She asked me to read part of a script that she had been sent

But this ended when her husband returned with his sister

It was an afternoon unlike other afternoons

And I knew it would not be easily forgotten