I was booking our ferry tickets

From Santander to Portsmouth

Eve was meeting her college friend

We were leaving in just over a week

I was in The Blue & Black Bar

Which had been recommended to me

In the corner almost hidden

Was an ancient television

A band who I once liked

Had released their latest song

Les Nouveaux Soleils

It was the first Indochine song

That I had heard since 2019

Song for a Dream

I can still remember liking it

In my cool hotel room

Near the Central Station of Avignon

Like today forty degrees had been exceeded

It was then I saw Eve walking towards the bar

I instantly recognised the girl she was with

She was the older sister of a dear friend

Who I had not seen for many years