Martha and Sally are lovers
Sally is a bookkeeper
Her and Martha have been together for 7 years
They live together in a flat above Romesh's shop
Sally goes to hear Martha sing at folk sessions every week
Martha looks away when Sally catches up with her bookkeeping
Between songs
But they mostly look at each other
Their eyes heavy with love
Sally watched some parakeets
Bend twigs with their beaks
In the cold winter trees
In the park that afternoon
From the bench where she was sitting
She could see Romesh's shop
Where her and Martha often get tinnies and crisps
To take home after the folk sessions
She'd heard that week you could see the Aurora Borealis in Essex
What if the Southern Cross came to visit the sky that night?
Just imagine how cool that would be