Mrs Scot had let me
into the flat
and sat me
in the sitting room
without a word except
*** en"
rather bruskly
at my back.
Hannah I assumed
was still in bed
or dressing
or fast asleep.
I gazed around the room
like an explorer
in some ancient land.
It was tidy but drab.
Statuettes stood on shelves
with photographs of people
in kilts who looked
and stared
with a certain pride.
The window revealed
a span of grass
a fence
and a sight of road.
Hannah went past
in a flash
and closed a door.
I thought I saw her
part naked
but I wasn't sure.
"She'll nae be lang"
her mother said
standing by the the door
eyeing me severely
with her dark eyes
and sign
upon her forehead
should say "
Death this way lies".
May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018 at 3:42 AM UTC
Mrs Scot had let me
into the flat
and sat me
in the sitting room
without a word except
*** en"
rather bruskly
at my back.
Hannah I assumed
was still in bed
or dressing
or fast asleep.
I gazed around the room
like an explorer
in some ancient land.
It was tidy but drab.
Statuettes stood on shelves
with photographs of people
in kilts who looked
and stared
with a certain pride.
The window revealed
a span of grass
a fence
and a sight of road.
Hannah went past
in a flash
and closed a door.
I thought I saw her
part naked
but I wasn't sure.
"She'll nae be lang"
her mother said
standing by the the door
eyeing me severely
with her dark eyes
and sign
upon her forehead
should say "
Death this way lies".
