Flame

Candles - Beth Orton
Spent the afternoon waiting for the boiler repair man so I did n ot get out blipping. The day we ordered a new boiler the old one went in the huff and broke. The pilot light went out, the flame extinguished made me think about the candle burning in our dining room and hence tonight's blip

"Feed a flame within, which so torments me
That it both pains my heart, and yet contains me:
'Tis such a pleasing smart, and I so love it,
That I had rather die than once remove it"

John Dryden (excerpt from Hidden Flame)