Anna I have just been to the beach<\/p>\n
Yes<\/p>\n
We have new beach furniture<\/p>\n
I know it was Daddy’s gift to us both<\/p>\n
Do you like it<\/p>\n
Yes and no<\/p>\n
Why no<\/p>\n
Because the old beach furniture was part of the beach<\/p>\n
It had rusted and aged with the passing years<\/p>\n
It was beach worn<\/p>\n
I like the new furniture but its newness offends me<\/p>\n
Really<\/p>\n
Where is the old furniture<\/p>\n
In the back garden near the roses<\/p>\n
Our green beach<\/p>\n
The people next door have told me that their cat is pregnant<\/p>\n
How nice<\/p>\n
That raises the question of certainties<\/p>\n
Explain<\/p>\n
It is certain that the cat next door will give birth to a litter of kittens<\/p>\n
Obviously<\/p>\n
These kittens will as the grow with identical characteristics<\/p>\n
They will kill birds<\/p>\n
They will deposit dead rodents in the house<\/p>\n
They will be totally independent unlike dogs<\/p>\n
They will love you and ignore you at the same time<\/p>\n
I am totally different to my brother<\/p>\n
Even though we share the same mother and father<\/p>\n
I am very artistic whereas my brother is an engineer<\/p>\n
That would not happen if we were cats in a litter<\/p>\n
Your point being<\/p>\n
That one can hang from a church spire wearing a boiler suit<\/p>\n
With a carrot up your nose for no reason at all<\/p>\n
You can do this of your own free will<\/p>\n
Whereas a kitten is going to follow the characteristics of other cats<\/p>\n
A cat will never think to hang from a church spire wearing a boiler suit<\/p>\n
With a carrot up its nose<\/p>\n
A cat has no conception of free will<\/p>\n
Did your father really buy this beach furniture<\/p>\n
No Outlaw did<\/p>\n
Why did Outlaw buy this furniture<\/p>\n
Because he feels that he was using us to illustrate philosophical points in his fictions<\/p>\n
I cannot say that I noticed that<\/p>\n
I must say these chairs are larger<\/p>\n
At a stretch we could seat six people<\/p>\n
Whereas in the past it was just you and I<\/p>\n
And Jasmine Tea would have to sit on the rock<\/p>\n
I wonder if the people sailing by on the yachts will notice the difference<\/p>\n
Maybe<\/p>\n
Maybe not<\/p>\n
Let us go in now and sit on our new furniture after dark<\/p>\n
Why<\/p>\n
Because it is said that the Northern Lights have been spotted in southern counties<\/p>\n
Really<\/p>\n
How exciting<\/p>\n
Do you think we will witness them<\/p>\n
How long is a piece of string<\/p>\n
Outlaw told me he saw The Green Ray last year<\/p>\n
Where<\/p>\n
Here in Deal<\/p>\n
So there is no reason to suppose that we will not see the Northern Lights<\/p>\n
Whilst sitting in these new chairs after dark<\/p>\n
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