Baby You've Been Had
There's a lady who works in a Kensal Green flower shop not far from the cemetery and our protagonist is a gentleman who visits her daily at 4:20 pm before hopping the tube north five stops on the Bakerloo; that is to purchase Lillies of the Valley. Its bloom is not just a brilliant Queen single, a favourite of our royal brides, or preferred ingredient among perfumeries in Belgravia. No, It's a springtime classic; representing humility, chastity, sweetness, and purity. A return of happiness, and obviously a brilliant Queen single.This friendly exchange goes on for a year between the florist and gentleman. A variety of flowers make brief cameos through the English seasons 'til the Lily of the Valley returns her grow. Curious, at some point, the woman discreetly follows the protagonist to his north London flat to see what he's doing with them; her open eyes find that they spell out her name in an incredible art piece illuminated on his wall, synthetically glowing in an array of pastels dancing to a piano's touch -- a brief quarrel ensues when we discover the protagonist is in love with her and that the love is unrequited. Soon after, the woman stops working at the flower shop which we learn when the protagonist revisits with a broken umbrella in stormy skies. Now it's a bloody kebab shop. It ends a year later when the protagonist meets and falls in love with another (or maybe the same) woman, but this time she works in a fish shop... It's all set in springtime London with good manners, Pimm's, pints, royal weddings, the tube, umbrellas, an MI6 motor chase cameo with her majesty Lizzie the second, etc., but we can potentially only hint at all this rather than making it too obvious, innit. Happy Spring Bloom,Chazzy
Published on March 26, 2018 07:11
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