{"id":11619,"date":"2022-08-19T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=11619"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:32:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:32:03","slug":"klara-and-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/19\/klara-and-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Klara and the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What have you got there Angel a<\/p>\n<p>It is a paperback book<\/p>\n<p>I can see that<\/p>\n<p>Where did you get it<\/p>\n<p>A chap on the train gave it to me<\/p>\n<p>Was he coming on to you<\/p>\n<p>No he was not even looking up my skirt<\/p>\n<p>Are you sure<\/p>\n<p>Yes there are some decent men about<\/p>\n<p>So a strange man gave you a book on a train<\/p>\n<p>Did you not find that strange<\/p>\n<p>No<\/p>\n<p>Did he speak to you<\/p>\n<p>Yes<\/p>\n<p>What did he say<\/p>\n<p>He said that he thought I looked like Shakespeare&#8217;s Dark Lady<\/p>\n<p>But you are blond collar and cuffs and you are mine<\/p>\n<p>Were you not scared<\/p>\n<p>Not a bit<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine what would you have done<\/p>\n<p>I would have told him to fuck off<\/p>\n<p>But he had a kind face<\/p>\n<p>What do you mean a kind face<\/p>\n<p>It was a happy face a trusting face<\/p>\n<p>Most psycho&#8217;s have<\/p>\n<p>Anyway he was travelling with what appeared to be his wife<\/p>\n<p>I bet she was totally chuffed at his behaviour<\/p>\n<p>She was reading<\/p>\n<p>What was she reading<\/p>\n<p><em>Klara and the Sun<\/em> by Kazuo Ishiguro<\/p>\n<p>What was the title of the book that he gifted to you<\/p>\n<p><em>Klara and the Sun<\/em> by Kazuo Ishiguro<\/p>\n<p>Did you not find that weird<\/p>\n<p>Why<\/p>\n<p>That the chap gave you a book that was identical to the one that his wife\/girlfriend\/sister\/hostage was reading<\/p>\n<p>He said that that I also reminded him of Klara<\/p>\n<p>So apart from the the Dark Lady you are also an AF<\/p>\n<p>AF<\/p>\n<p>Artificial Friend he said you were a fucking robot<\/p>\n<p>I always thought Artificial Friends were our vibrators<\/p>\n<p>They are<\/p>\n<p>So if I popped into a book shop and read the blurb about this book then it would not be about a girl and her vibrators but about a girl and her robots<\/p>\n<p>There was no girl<\/p>\n<p>I am confused<\/p>\n<p>That is because one you never go into bookshops and two you have never read a book in your life<\/p>\n<p>You live on the internet<\/p>\n<p>And you read I suppose<\/p>\n<p>At least a book a month<\/p>\n<p>I have never seen you reading<\/p>\n<p>That is because you are too busy lusting after me<\/p>\n<p>I often read when you are asleep<\/p>\n<p>Or when I am around Anna and Anna&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>But going back to the man on the train did he apart from saying that you resembled his Dark Lady and a robot say anything else<\/p>\n<p>No he got off the train soon afterwards<\/p>\n<p>But there was one strange thing<\/p>\n<p>What was that<\/p>\n<p>It was minor but I did notice it<\/p>\n<p>Explain<\/p>\n<p>It was as they were standing on the platform<\/p>\n<p>He was fiddling with his bag probably to retrieve his ticket<\/p>\n<p>Yes<\/p>\n<p>Well it was the girl that he was travelling with<\/p>\n<p>What about her<\/p>\n<p>Well she seemed to be without emotion<\/p>\n<p>Really do explain<\/p>\n<p>It was minor really<\/p>\n<p>The train had been previously delayed because some ex sheep had strayed on to the line but for some reason either the station announcer or a chap in the cabin were making sheep sounds to lighten the mood<\/p>\n<p>Baa baa baa<\/p>\n<p>This amused all those who were on the platform but the woman just looked at the speaker without emotion<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps she did not speak English<\/p>\n<p>She did as I heard them chatting during my journey<\/p>\n<p>The girl had a full understanding of English<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she just did not find it funny<\/p>\n<p>Possibly<\/p>\n<p>What happened then<\/p>\n<p>They just left the station and that was the last I saw of them<\/p>\n<p>Where is your book<\/p>\n<p>Over there it has a red cover and a matching bookmark<\/p>\n<p>You can have it<\/p>\n<p>I have already red it<\/p>\n<p>Did you like it<\/p>\n<p>It was an excellent read<\/p>\n<p>If it taught me one thing it taught me that there is more to life than meets the eye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have you got there Angel a It is a paperback book I can see that Where did you get it A chap on the train gave it to me Was he coming on to you No he was not even looking up my skirt Are you sure Yes there are some decent men about 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