Fragment 62 /Midsummer /Compline /Wed, 23 Dec 1998
“The moon shone bright on Mrs Porter, and her daughter, as they washed their feet in soda water.”
Opposite Mae, an eccentric looking midwife sits with long dark hair unabashedly greying, but unable to hide the marks of sad decadence from her face. A fire bottle of red wine nestles on the table between them, open and airing, but not yet drunk from.
[…] beyond its large windows. A jaunty piano piece starts up and the buoyancy of the restaurant lifts. Over the intelligent, elegant rag, a woman’s Shakespearean voice […]
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