Crossing the Channel: drawings from a sketchbook, 10 July 1976

Dover, 2:30AM.

Dover to Calais, 2:30AM.

Calais, 3:30Am.

~The Night Boat~

Looking back from the aft deck

keep England in sight across the ferry’s wake.

Let France come on slowly, from behind,

through a passage of dreams and clouds lit with great expectation.

Then turn around and draw the waves as if they were letters home

telling your mother everything's fine, still asking for money.

~3 April 2008