I was lying in bed bed with my cousin Morag<\/p>\n
An unusual arrangement<\/p>\n
But this was only a dream<\/p>\n
And unusual things happen in dreams<\/p>\n
The harsh henry winds were battering the frail windows<\/p>\n
Of the cottage but they were quite regular<\/p>\n
And not to be feared as some northerly winds are<\/p>\n
Later in the day Morag and I were going to see Ross County play<\/p>\n
My team were actually Cally Thistle but they were playing away in Dundee<\/p>\n
Morag was wearing a pair of men’s pyjamas<\/p>\n
Which pleased me as I was a homosexual of many years guilt<\/p>\n
She wore them to hide her rather large bottom<\/p>\n
To me her bottom was not all that ugly<\/p>\n
It was just that it was rather large<\/p>\n
She did not mind me seeing her bottom<\/p>\n
As she considered that my sexuality<\/p>\n
Disqualified me from having an opinion<\/p>\n
Although I visited Inverness quite frequently<\/p>\n
I did it for selfish reasons as I loved the snow<\/p>\n
And was sad that the locals treated it with such contempt<\/p>\n
My cousin Morag like me loved the snow<\/p>\n
Noting that she would never ever move south<\/p>\n
As she thought it would be too hot for her<\/p>\n
We went to the football match together in Dingwall that afternoon<\/p>\n
Where Ross County beat Alloa by a goal to nil<\/p>\n
It was a rather physical game which saw two players sent off<\/p>\n
But we enjoyed the battle nonetheless even though it was raw and bleak<\/p>\n
I managed to take a cold back to my small London house<\/p>\n
As my constitution was soft and could not stand the harsh Highlands<\/p>\n
My cousin Morag was the total opposite and she thought nothing of walking in all weathers<\/p>\n
Dressed in only in jeans and what could be considered a summer sweater or a cardigan<\/p>\n
She was never ill and had only visited hospital once about five years ago<\/p>\n
When she fell from her bicycle on a frozen road and broke her arm<\/p>\n
I do not know when I will be visiting the Highlands again<\/p>\n
As dreams occur and are not ordered<\/p>\n
I will have to wait until I find myself naked in Morag’s bed<\/p>\n
Next to my Scottish cousin in her men’s pyjamas<\/p>\n
It is likely that I will be staring at her bedroom ceiling<\/p>\n
That was last painted brilliant white two years before I was born<\/p>\n
The ghost of her maternal grandfather lingers in the room<\/p>\n
I see him flitting and working within the bright shadows<\/p>\n
When he died most of the town turned out for his funeral<\/p>\n
As he was the greatest painter and decorator Inverness had ever known<\/p>\n
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