house of cards

The Queen of Diamonds, the Queen of Clubs and the Jack of Spades meet in the kitchen to discuss a pact, a decision, a realisation that understanding is possible, takes time, is often understated and easy to miss but all three want it to happen, need peace now and commonness. Dreams are there floating lightly in the cool, smoky air and spin around the quiet love of peace and friendly walls and light beside the river.

A builder builds - doesn’t he? He constructs a shell then moves on and leaves that hollow thing behind. Remember the Doozers in Fraggle Rock? - I loved them, all in their yellow hats and strange voices and constant making - they did and did and did - that’s all they did - a background of buildings, and makings and shapings. They were the most constructive thing you can imagine; stolid, reliable and strangely comforting - Engineering Smurfs.