Foreigners (Excerpt)
In front of you is the River Aire.
You did not jump, David.
There is no evidence that you could swim.
You did not jump. Today there is a safety barrier which is four feet high.
A black metal barrier to prevent people from accidentally falling in.
But not then, my friend.
Back then you could fly down the thirty yards of Warehouse Hill,
Miss the cobbled turn to the left into Warehouse Road, and get very wet.
But not you, David.
You did not jump. Today, on the wall, there is a sign. . . .
