Gone

the starlings have fledged now and the cherry tomatoes have all been eaten. I donated your favourite chair to the charity shop in the high street and in that corner where you loved to sit I placed a large aspidistra. The woman in the shop told me that they like the warmth of a sunny spot but can live quite happily in a shaded corner. I laughed inside when she told me Sometimes when I’m reading I will catch a slight movement out of the corner of my eye as a draught elbows the green foliage. I never think that it’s you.