{"id":13018,"date":"2023-02-23T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=13018"},"modified":"2023-02-23T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:28:30","slug":"the-gutter-and-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/23\/the-gutter-and-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gutter and the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a dream last night <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good for you Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dream I say <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I see it going to be one of those days Jane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are all in the gutter <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might be but I am not <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May I continue <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But some of us are looking at the stars <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who said that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should know <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my dream I was at a swimming pool <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An odd swimming pool partially surrounded <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Georgian buildings <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pool was rather busy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had swum when it was quiet <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And was sitting on a step reading Eliot <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I always read Eliot when visiting swimming pools <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pleasant woman and her two children sat near me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We struck up a conversation <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She told me that the attached bookshop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had dispensed with its stairs <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And had stacked unloved books <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their place which surprised me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As books are as unstable as sand <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I vowed to visit the bookshop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But you had vanished Jane <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little later I was in the bookshop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the stairs had indeed been replaced <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By books of every size and subject <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I climbed with difficulty to the gallery <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And during my journey found <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six copies of The Wasteland <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I purchased them all without hesitation <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cashier Monika Mee informed me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That you had been seen in Tommy Tee <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which was a posh tea room poolside <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wandered there via the low waters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And saw you by a glass panel <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sipping tea with your friends <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I opened the decorated door <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You raised your hand Jane <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay where you are Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not come nearer <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just look at the state of you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cut downs hand downs <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is that the way you dress <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come back when you are suitable <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that is why I lay in the gutter <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Beacon Deacon Street <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where in theory we all belong <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But unlike most people <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was looking at the stars Jane <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they were looking down at me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stan &amp; 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