Above and behind a window opens and a cigarette hangs out.

Today I felt like starting

We gather around the start of a causeway down to the Thames. It's a pretty cold night and there's a breeze coming off the river.

"Put a blanket."

I've found the girl, or she's found me, and we're smoking a cigarette while we watch the silhouettes of the French Raj and his fireworks bearer down on the bank.

hello reader,

We stand there laughing. The fireworks go off behind him.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:38:15

"Anyway, you're you. I mean, look at you!" she says. "You could get with anyone, anyone in the street. Really."