how do they know to come back,

how

to come back? .                   i asked

steaming at central          station.



they were sending

eggs by post those days, and dad

sent primroses,              i am told.



in boxes.



remember the day we bought

the cat, placed in a      special

one  for                       carrying,

marked                         pigeon.



became his name.



they sent them away by train,

later



we imagined we saw them fly

back.



sbm.