MS-UoR-1477-3

^{[0012] Silence. [0012|001] 7 seconds. [0013] Eyes are open}

[0015] line and ^on from there no no
trams then all gone ^ages
ago, when was that when
you went back to look was
the ruin still ^{standing where you hid as a child} and
not a tram left in the
place ^{all gone} only the old rails,

[0018] straight off the boat and
up with the ^night bag in your
^hand to the main street ^{neither right nor left not
a curse for the old
scenes the old faces
straight up the rise to
the main street}
and there not a wire
^{to be seen} only the old rails
^{all rust} when in God's name -

[0016] ^{in out of the rain} that
time ^{you went in out of}
the rain always winter then
always raining ^{in off the street into} the Portrait
Gallery slipped in when no one
was looking and through
the rooms dripping and shiver-
ing till you found a seat ^{marble slab} and

[0016] ^sat down to dry off and get
your strength back, when was
that [0019] was your mother - ah for
God's sake all dust and ashes
the lot of them long ago you
the last of the brood h^udd^led
^there on the ^slab in the old green
greatcoat with your head on

[0019] your chest and your arms round
you hugging you for a bit of
warmth w^aiting to dry off and
get ^some strength back to
get out to hell out of there
and on to the next, ^not a
living soul ^{in the place}

[0018] that time you went back
when in God's name was that
was your mother still - ah
for God's sake not ^at all all
gone long ago, the night
then where did you ^{sleep the night} that time you went

[0018] back to look was the ruin
still ^{standing where you hid as a child} someone's folly
[0021] ^Foley was it ^Foley's
Folly bit of the tower
standing all the rest rubble
and nettles, where did you
^sleep then ^{no friends} all the
homes gone was it that kip

[0021] on the front where you - no
she was with you then still
with you then only one
night in any case off the
boat one morning and back
on her the next to look was
the ruin still there where
you hid as a child, ^{all alone in the nettles} slip
off and -