{"id":12444,"date":"2023-01-21T07:52:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T07:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=12444"},"modified":"2023-01-21T07:53:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T07:53:15","slug":"platform-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/platform-0\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Platform 0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre id=\"m_4799260659144176245gmail-tw-target-text\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">These platforms should not exist\n\nBut they do exist \n\nPlatform 0 or Platform Zero \n\nI am on such a platform \n\nPeople are walking by \n\nAnd saying \n\nGenerations \n\nTo me \n\nI find this very puzzling \n\nTrains are frequently passing by\n\nBut none are scheduled\n\nTo stop at Platform 0 \n\nWhich tells me \n\nThat my journey is almost complete \n\nA bunker has appeared behind me \n\nI have no explanation for this \n\nSoldiers stare at me \n\nMy sports bag has been stolen \n\nAnd returned \n\nIt is full of meagre rations \n\nThe bunker vanishes \n\nI look at my watch \n\nIt is 20:22 \n\nOn the Sixth of December 2022\n\nThe air temperature is three degrees \n\nA biting wind chills the platforms \n\nPlatform 0 lacks a waiting room\n\nThe shelter is derelict \n\nI am sitting on a giant concrete plant pot \n\nWhich has been unused for years \n\nSounds of the past echo\n\nInto the vacancy of the night \n\nI close my eyes \n\nAnd for a moment witness \n\nThe considerable beauty \n\nOf the ghostly flowers \n\nThis brings tears to my eyes \n\nIn the distance a track worker \n\nIs filling an empty wine bottle \n\nWith coloured and clear marbles \n\nThis reminds me of my childhood \n\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These platforms should not exist But they do exist Platform 0 or Platform Zero I am on such a platform People are walking by And saying Generations To me I find this very puzzling Trains are frequently passing by But none are scheduled To stop at Platform 0 Which tells me That my journey is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12446,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444\/revisions\/12446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}