When I was studying at Cambridge

I shared a flat with my sister Josephine

It was a large flat in the centre of the city

With a rather strange feature

A triangular bath

Josie and I often shared this place of worship

And read our essays to each other

It was a good place to chat together

Occasionally Josie would invite a girlfriend

And we would drink champagne with cheese crackers

Whilst discussing life and other mishaps without thought

Little did we know that these were our diamond days

One of our guests is now the wife of a Labour MP

Another writes crime fiction and travel books

We occasionally cross paths and fondly reminisce

About our love of triangles both imagined and real

Josie and Sephine are back in Richmond

Whilst I am on the South Coast arranging repairs

As our yacht suffered minor damage

When we hit a piece of driftwood on our homeward journey

In a few days we will all travel to see Mummy

Where we are proposing to spend Christmas

After that we are going to Sephine’s village

To see in the new year and review our memories




Joe Josie Sephine