Is it always as sunny as it is today

Normally

It is the geography you see

What happens at night

I am told that it gets dark

How long have you lived here Mrs Peters

For about two minutes

Next to this overflowing bin

It has such as lovely aspect

No before that

As your history fascinates me

Well I lived in Boots for ten minutes

And then on the 85 from Worth

For twenty-three minutes

Because of the road works

No I mean how long

Have you lived in Deal

I have always lived in Deal

Indeed I was found in wicker basket

Not far from the sewerage overflow

What is your first name Mrs Peters

I have never asked anybody

Your name badge notes you as Miriam

Then Miriam it will be

I rather like Will Bee as it is so masculine

I do believe that I am a woman Mrs Jenkins

What makes you think that

The usual gear

Plus I am moody irrational and a lousy policeman

What does your name badge say

Shop at Super Drugs

No the bit in small writing

Made in China

Underneath that

Your birth name is Jochebed

That is a nice name

Not as nice as Violet

But nicer than Tracey

What does it mean

It means that my father was

The Sailor from Gibraltar

That is a novel by Marguerite Duras

How did you know that Esther

Because they sell it in the campsite shop

It is a bestseller

Have you ever read it Mrs Smith

Why are you asking me this question

Because I am not a character

I just wandered into the wrong story

Easily done as all stories look alike

Oh the Youth of Today

Madame Duras

Oh the Youth of Today