Helen and Melissa came over from Ikon gallery in the middle of the day
It was the first really sunny day that I had seen all week.
Helen said that being out in the boat reminded her of a book she had when she was a kid.
It was about children who made a raft and escaped to an island.
Did the book have pictures? – I asked.
She doesn’t know.
She remembers vivid images but they might be her own.
Then just as we were coming through the tunnel,
a tour boat was rounding the corner – there is my dad on deck!
These are the pictures that he took of us.
It was all carefully planned.
Walking home along the canal, we talked about how the week had gone.
And we saw something that I have never understood.
I see so many coconuts in the water here.
Do they float in from the tropics?
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