{"id":10869,"date":"2022-05-23T12:35:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=10869"},"modified":"2022-05-23T13:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:10:32","slug":"the-rainbow-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/23\/the-rainbow-bicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rainbow Bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my dream we had been parted<\/p>\n<p>Through no fault of our own<\/p>\n<p>This happens often in dreams<\/p>\n<p>I was worried about you<\/p>\n<p>And then I found a bicycle<\/p>\n<p>A rainbow bicycle abandoned<\/p>\n<p>Next to a tree and an abandoned fence<\/p>\n<p>I borrowed this bicycle<\/p>\n<p>As I wanted to find you<\/p>\n<p>But as soon as I was aboard<\/p>\n<p>I descended rapidly into the valley<\/p>\n<p>A valley obscured by clouds<\/p>\n<p>I found myself by the main gate<\/p>\n<p>Of a large railway goods yard<\/p>\n<p>To my right expresses thundered by<\/p>\n<p>To the dark cities one and two<\/p>\n<p>A porter greeted me and took my bicycle<\/p>\n<p>Into the nesting rooms three and four<\/p>\n<p>I was assured that it would be secure<\/p>\n<p>In the distance a small shunting locomotive<\/p>\n<p>Was being loaded on to a flat back lorry<\/p>\n<p>It looked ill balanced to me and soon fell to the ground<\/p>\n<p>The porter assured me that this was a common occurrence<\/p>\n<p>Near the low fence a table had been set out for guests<\/p>\n<p>This appealed to me as I loved fast trains cherry red<\/p>\n<p>And liked to be near them as they screamed through stations<\/p>\n<p>The porter and I sat a the maroon table and soon<\/p>\n<p>We were joined by a female scientist of mellow years<\/p>\n<p>She explained to me that if we were positioned two metres<\/p>\n<p>From our occupation that our loves would be in danger<\/p>\n<p>And that we would never live and produce future drivers<\/p>\n<p>As she finished her sentence a purple bullet train screamed by<\/p>\n<p>And for an instant I thought I saw you in carriage sic<\/p>\n<p>I recognised your red print dress giverny green blue<\/p>\n<p>You were also not wearing any underwear as you<\/p>\n<p>Felt that it restricted you when visiting the fifth cities<\/p>\n<p>But I had only spoken to you in a previous dream<\/p>\n<p>And this confused me as when I had left you<\/p>\n<p>The wind had been cool and you were wearing<\/p>\n<p>Lavender scented panties and an octopus bra<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed our tea and watched the rapid trains<\/p>\n<p>I was then taken on a conducted tour of the goods yard<\/p>\n<p>It had seen better days and in parts was dilapidated<\/p>\n<p>But there was a swimming pool and a coloured box<\/p>\n<p>Which made up for some of the dereliction<\/p>\n<p>I was told to close my eyes as I walked along<\/p>\n<p>The six mile corridor left and right<\/p>\n<p>When my visual freedom was restored<\/p>\n<p>I was in the most splendid tea room in the universe<\/p>\n<p>It was populated by people posh and the people pewter<\/p>\n<p>My only question was why with all this neglect<\/p>\n<p>Could such a tea room exist and obviously thrive<\/p>\n<p>And then I was on the rainbow bicycle one more<\/p>\n<p>I was cycling towards the seventh hill which was very steep<\/p>\n<p>Its gradient troubled me as it was almost sheer<\/p>\n<p>But I was not alarmed as the bicycle started to float<\/p>\n<p>And soon very soon I was at the flop top summit clear<\/p>\n<p>You were waiting for me in your eighth dress<\/p>\n<p>I asked you about your underwear and you slapped me<\/p>\n<p>And told me that I should not discuss intimate items<\/p>\n<p>When in mixed company and especially in the presence of shunting engines<\/p>\n<p>I explained that I had missed you and was very worried about you<\/p>\n<p>You then responded with a kiss and suggested that we should ride tandem<\/p>\n<p>On the rainbow bicycle which I had found abandoned in my ninth dream<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my dream we had been parted Through no fault of our own This happens often in dreams I was worried about you And then I found a bicycle A rainbow bicycle abandoned Next to a tree and an abandoned fence I borrowed this bicycle As I wanted to find you But as soon as 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