After Winifred Knights Geometric the houses, geometric white sides of the English steeple, the load bearing walls, the cubist windows, overlooking the spheroid village green, post—post impressionistic hay bales — what were they doing in the centre of Mayfield/Sturminster Newton/insert [x] name from the Domesday book? — the white starboard, sinisterly windowless, of the cruise liner in the background like a child’s folded boat, and blue diagonals of rain; someone is carrying a cup or a baby.