Clara's Cape

At the car boot sale you said 'I'll get this for Clara.'

An old typewriter with an L missing

but you said Clara would like the challenge.

You bought a carrot cake made by a 102 year old lady

holding a cigarette in her fingerless gloves.

'This is for Clara' you told me. You said

you were looking forward to telling her about the lady

who cooked for the soliders and is certain

her recipes helped win the Second World War.

By the end of the day you'd bought

knitted slipper socks for Clara.

Homemade sloe gin for Clara.

The same hat in three different colours for Clara.

A thousand piece jigsaw for Clara.

"I don't even know if she likes jigsaws!" you said

and laughed all the way back to the car.