They Did Not Expect This Analysis

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They did not expect this. Being neither wise nor brave

And wearing only the beauty of youth's season

They took the first turning quite unquestioningly

And walked quickly without looking back even once.



It was of course the wrong turning. First they were nagged

By a small wind that tugged at their clothing like a dog;

Then the rain began and there was no shelter anywhere,

Only the street and the rows of houses stern as soldiers.



Though the blood chilled, the endearing word burnt the tongue.

There were no parks or gardens or public houses:

Midnight settled and the rain paused leaving the city

Enormous and still like a great sleeping seal.



At last they found accommodation in a cold

Furnished room where they quickly learnt to believe in ghosts;

They had their hope stuffed and put on the mantelpiece

But found, after a while, that they did not notice it.



While she spends many hours looking in the bottoms of teacups

He reads much about association football

And waits for the marvellous envelope to fall:

Their eyes are strangers and they rarely speak.

They did not expect this.





Submitted by Andrew Mayers

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