Tea Cups

Focus on an object Harry and Nicola

what would Scandi TV detectives say if they came to the house while we were away?

they’d wear trench coats and hardened faces they’d measure the distance in detective paces from the front door to your bags on the floor they’d photograph the corridor

they’d note our tea cups nestled together the doona imprints, the inclement weather, the line of clothes to the bedroom door where they’d photograph a little more

one would shoot the other a look the other’d respond in kind would he arch a single brow or would it just be in his mind?

no murders here, they’d close their books just two lovers by the looks