Poppy Pagoda Mixed My Soda<\/p>\n
Was a small van that sold nothing<\/p>\n
But cold soft drinks of all descriptions<\/p>\n
I worked there one summer many years ago<\/p>\n
And brushed up on my Shakespeare studies<\/p>\n
When business was quiet or very slow<\/p>\n
The van was parked opposite a small rockery<\/p>\n
Which was part of a long ruined beach castle<\/p>\n
That had been demolished by the violence of the sea<\/p>\n
The pace of life there was almost horizontal<\/p>\n
And I made many friends during my time on the beach<\/p>\n
In about a fortnight I am due to visit this castle once again<\/p>\n
As part of my research for my forthcoming book<\/p>\n
I am strangely nervous about this visit<\/p>\n
Which is very unlike me as I am rarely fazed<\/p>\n
But I fell that I might meet the ghosts of my past<\/p>\n
And do not know whether they will still like me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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