Long Island
-- We know the route.
Down the path, alongside
the empty house.
--- Footprints in the snow.
On top of the coal bunker.
On the garage roof.
In, through
the landing window.
The immersion heater
left on, ever since.
The smell of fresh
radiator paint.
---- Radio 4 on
in the kitchen.
Night broadcasts
silent bedrooms,
the Priory.
The inevitable,
hovering ---
A shadow over
Long Island.
* Langney is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words Lang and ey for 'Long Island'.
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