One of the wheels catches on a paving stone, the Zimmer frame lurches to the left into the gutter. Tom tugs to dislodge it. A discarded crisp packet entangling itself in the spokes. He found the Zimmer frame in a rubbish bin round the back of the hospital. He spent two hours cleaning it and…
Apprehensively pushing the back gate open with his stick, he enters the empty garden slowly. A riot of colour and perfume, fruit of many years’ work. A hidden bird sings. Following the old brick path, passing the pot upon the wall, he picks a leaf of Lemon Verbena. The sun hot upon his head, he…
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