Rima was sitting at her desk<\/p>\n
She was writing a history of<\/p>\n
The Jews of Hastings <\/i><\/p>\n
In the distance she could see the cross<\/p>\n
Where Christ had been crucified<\/p>\n
It was vacant and had been so for many years<\/p>\n
Beecher was nearby attending a vintage car rally<\/p>\n
Which was being held in a field<\/p>\n
Not far from the sea<\/p>\n
He had seen a book about the Italian actor<\/p>\n
Marcello Mastroianni <\/i><\/p>\n
But had decided against purchasing it<\/p>\n
As the sea had retained its indigo hue<\/p>\n
Beecher considered this to an unlucky colour<\/p>\n
Rima was researching the wreck of the Lynx<\/i><\/p>\n
On the 5th<\/sup> of September 1855 <\/i><\/p>\n Whose loss contributed to the ruin of many Jews<\/p>\n In the Sussex town<\/p>\n The ship had been wrecked with the loss of all hands<\/p>\n Whilst seeking shelter from a violent storm<\/p>\n But this did not concern<\/p>\n The Jews of Hastings <\/i><\/p>\n Who considered the loss<\/p>\n In terms that excluded human life<\/p>\n Rima retired her pen and looked at the empty cross<\/p>\n Which looked out to sea<\/p>\n As it had always done<\/p>\n She wondered of Christ\u2019s last thoughts<\/p>\n Would he have been aware of the beauty of the sea?<\/p>\n Or were his thoughts elsewhere?<\/p>\n Near an Aston Martin a man in a cream suit<\/p>\n Was taking photographs of the silver car<\/p>\n Beecher shook his hand<\/p>\n And congratulated him on his contribution<\/p>\n To Italian Cinema<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rima was sitting at her desk She was writing a history of The Jews of Hastings In the distance she could see the cross Where Christ had been crucified It was vacant and had been so for many years Beecher was nearby attending a vintage car rally Which was being held in a field Not […]<\/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\/1578"}],"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=1578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}