Chai Jones

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Chai is a Scottish writer. Most notable works include 'Before the Craic Began' a collection of poems written over 20 years whilst working and living in Arisaig as the local Headteacher. Also published in 2021 is a collection ' The Road to Ksar Ghilane' reflecting on his travels to remote and less travelled parts of the world. He is currently travelling but always regards Scotland as home.)

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The Road To Ksar Ghilane

The road to Ksar Ghilane has a left-hand turn

we pulled in, the driver gouging out
the deep red sand creating a confeti
of the softened desert
‘a drink, you like'
the silence of the heat

a low stone building
creates a little shade and room
for four chairs to sit
I fumble with my traveller's nerves
for the universal currency and lighter

movement in the burnt silence comes
stooping through a low door
a razor blade of a man
In black with Berber blue eyes
speaks in beautiful gutteral Arabic
and we sit as he turns and returns
the tiny cups
the smell of mint
the sugar in a pewter pot
we three, sit
I smile and pass the cigarettes
I light them up in mock celebration
and we all laugh
blowing smoke up to the wooden shade.

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