Michael Harding: I witnessed the intimacies and exquisite tenderness of mature love in the cafe of a large department store - The Irish Times

It was clear the older couple enjoyed each other’s company and their little world of mischief and curiosities was precious to them, because their faces glowed with a kind of joy that cannot be named

I was dreaming of a new shirt to do me for the summer, as I sat in the cafe of a large department store. I drifted through the check out with a tray of food I didnt really want. I felt that the chick… [+3863 chars]

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