SPAINED -ALBUÑOL
rented a place
in Spain -Albuñol
from a friend
of a friend
hard to find
high up a cliff
from town on foot
or down a cliff on foot
from a car park
fifty feet above
forty-sixty degree slope
manageable just
when totally dry
not when rained
slipped and tripped
fell every time
mountain goat
might have made it
get to town through
narrow alley maybe
eighteen inches wide
down a vertical ladder
holding so tight
more steep paths
inside dwelling
door to bathroom -kitchen
four foot six high - narrow
down steps -dropping
all doors- under five foot eight
some ceilings under six feet
me a man- six foot plus
stair steps between
ten and fourteen inch risers
bath three foot long
walled tight wedged
shower temperamental scalded
water heater intermittent
on loo knees nudged
a cold tiled wall
outside- mountains
resembled slag heaps
fields- vast seas
of polytunnels
blasted disaster zone
beaches- black all gritty
plastic littered festooned
wild life thin sparse
feral cats plentiful
neighbour- fed fifteen
that peed -shat freely
adorning decorating paths
local dogs- savage
leaded –caged- fenced
snarling threatened
november
our windows-unglazed
just shuttered
also- other problems
but after the week
we escaped
somewhat scarred
certainly shaken
pmcmanus
Spain -Albuñol
n957
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