{"id":1477,"date":"2015-03-28T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2015-03-28T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T17:37:10","slug":"self-portrait-in-amber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/28\/self-portrait-in-amber\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Portrait in Amber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Water Towers <\/b><\/p>\n<p>From where I sit I can see a water tower<br \/>\nhiding behind the urban hill<\/p>\n<p>In the county of Kent<br \/>\nanother water tower tries to hide from me<\/p>\n<p>But I have studied these towers for many years<br \/>\nand know their habits<\/p>\n<p><b>English Mother<br \/>\nGerman Father \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I grew up speaking two languages<br \/>\nWhich confused me<br \/>\nAs I did not have a favourite<\/p>\n<p>When I was at university<br \/>\nI met a girl called Cherry<br \/>\nWho spoke only one language<\/p>\n<p>During the first year of our marriage<br \/>\nI taught her German<br \/>\nAnd she soon became bilingual<\/p>\n<p>Our children now speak both languages<br \/>\nAnd like me do not have a favourite<br \/>\nAlthough they are less confused<\/p>\n<p><b>Fucked Off <\/b><\/p>\n<p>When I was growing up in London<br \/>\nIn the nineteen-fifties<br \/>\nI often saw notices which read<br \/>\n<i>No Blacks<br \/>\nNo Irish<br \/>\nNo Dogs <\/i><br \/>\nThis really fucked me off as I was a<br \/>\n<i>Black<br \/>\nIrish<br \/>\nWolfhound <\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water Towers From where I sit I can see a water tower hiding behind the urban hill In the county of Kent another water tower tries to hide from me But I have studied these towers for many years and know their habits English Mother German Father \u00a0 I grew up speaking two languages Which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477"}],"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=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}