had in his possession / number of delicacies / Turkish delights / complicated vaguely architectural shapes / artificial pastilles / so long ago / lost memory / finding or receiving / remember only growing fascination upon keeping / time-glue / shapes rectangular round oval in plan / faceted / castellated / little gum fortress or palace / impossible sweets / illusion worn thin in places / lingering tantalising / yeah I’ll smile / surely did / rectangle violet-black / oval honey-yellow / circle rose pink / they’d been a present / that was it / clearly now / see the small sky blue box / was it gold the ribbon / could see it / but wondered / long time ago now / the box / whatever ribbon / had been full / there had been / pause / long diamond / square / more / lost now / years now just these three / impossible sweets / set aside on a small glass dish