Maria Jastrzebska
I'm taking my Daughter's Violin to be Mended
when I notice three giraffes lolloping
down Portland Road. I stop at the corner shop
to get some apples and see Tinu wearing
his cricket whites. He says it's not the first time
those giraffes have turned up. He shows me
the new internet cafe at the back; it's full
of lemon trees and gardenias. I'm about to ask
how they'll survive the Winter, when I realise
the bass guitarist from Shallow Grave is there
drinking chai. Naturally, I get his autograph,
which he scrawls onto a sheet of Elgar' s
Grade 5 piece, Salut d' Amor, tucked in the pocket
of my daughter's violin case. The giraffes
have stopped by the elm tree just outside,
so as I'm leaving, even though I'm in a hurry
I offer them some of my apples.
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