someone
i should not have gone
we had to call her auntie
no blood relation
we sat with her for tea
cross legged.
i shared a room with Catherine, (it may have been K I forget) so long ago
we were at the top of the house off the landing before the staff quarters – the
uncles,the aunties
Cath was older, brave and treacherous
i liked her yet felt the others didn’t
a bad influence
we went out on the chain ferry across to the beach
all sun sea gulls and possibilities
day of freedom
on return that auntie shouted i should not have gone, screamed and shouted from the stairs shouted
spoiled our lovely day
Cath left the home soon after, they found her a flat
i missed her
i visited her
it continued with escapes in the bathroom
the door locked
wished i went with Catherine
i think of you often
milton road