On Thursday I carry my guitar on my back and get the bus to the care home to see Dilys. I’ve got a small pot of daffodils in my hand, yellow and bright. I’ve decided that I’m not going to bring any of it up with her, I’m just going to play the Joni Mitchell song I’ve been practising – ‘River’ – and read the last chapter of The Little Prince. I’m hoping she might let me keep the book when we’re finished, because I like it a lot more than I thought I would, and I kind of want to read it again. There’s a bit about a fox that makes me think of Caddy and me, and I want to show it to her when we’re
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The scene that follows is the one I get the most messages about, and all I can say is I'm sorry, and I cried, too.
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