{"id":5089,"date":"2020-11-10T17:49:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2020-11-10T17:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:49:38","slug":"cape-town-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/10\/cape-town-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That afternoon we painted the garden chairs a brilliant white<\/p>\n

We had planned to walk but it was too hot<\/p>\n

Aunt Mimi was sitting on the jetty with her feet dangling in the lake<\/p>\n

Quite often her friends swam from the jetty<\/p>\n

But she was alone and reading poetry<\/p>\n

Brutal French poetry<\/p>\n

Which seemed so distant from the day<\/p>\n

The beach was perhaps half an hour away<\/p>\n

But my car had developed a fault<\/p>\n

And the mechanic was not due<\/p>\n

For a couple of days<\/p>\n

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Did you like it?<\/i><\/p>\n

Yes I could feel the heat in your writing<\/i><\/p>\n

It was based on my holiday last year<\/i><\/p>\n

Where did you stay?<\/i><\/p>\n

At Simon\u2019s villa in Southern France<\/i><\/p>\n

I should have come with you<\/i><\/p>\n

You were invited<\/i><\/p>\n

I think I would have enjoyed myself<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Extract from Cape Town by Annie Raw Till (2017)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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