Alice doesn't live here no more

I went back somewhere I'd been happier than in a long time. Never a wise move.

From its hollow-eyed appearance, she clearly isn't living there any more.

Everything looked bleak and empty, far from my remembered candle-lit balcony with plants and the aroma of good cooking, the table with ashtray, 'truc' and waiting jug of vino.

Music ebbing out into the night.