Neville

Cova

Cova

 

Cova spoke fondly of her Andalusian sea

She also spoke five languages including mine

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Cova wore no prints on her finger tips it seemed

And

At first I thought she was a Basque spy

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Cova carried the scent of rock pools and raw cotton in her hair

We argued over Dali, Freud and Cohen

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Apparently

Her husband was in love with old manuscripts

Hence her being there alone

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I introduced her to butterfish

Then we watched vultures gorge on something in the gutter

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Her naked foot caught mine covertly beneath the table

She hinted there was something special between her and me

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Cova promised something extraordinary if I walked

With her along the beach to her hotel

Then she was gone 

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