Title: The Old Neighbourhood

Author: Geoff Cochrane

In: Sport 18: Autumn 1997

Publication details: Fergus Barrowman, April 1997

Part of: Sport

Keywords: Verse Literature

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The Old Neighbourhood

I remember a salt breeze,
Ice-creams and heat and an old tearoom
With gingham tablecloths.
The houses have stayed put—repainted, repeopled.
And what of the new claddings
And glossy chocolate sills?
People die in houses.
Houses outlive their sober human guests.