Sublime

Quite a strange man, thought James, watching him go – but what a relief to discover he still contained the capacity to be taken by surprise.

Sadiq Khan.

Francis Spufford writes, “We don’t have an argument that solves the problem of the cruel world, but we have a story.”

I am superterrestrial, he thought, and passed untouched through crowds on Aldleigh High Street with the waters of his body drawn up by the moon with the tides.

fecklessness