{"id":15971,"date":"2023-08-24T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=15971"},"modified":"2023-08-24T23:15:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:15:59","slug":"southern-belle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/24\/southern-belle\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Belle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Antebellum South describes a period between 1812 and 1861 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do not know much about this period in American History <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I am partially sighted as well as being profoundly deaf <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet although I have severe problems with my sight <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can see the rakes of carriages that are wintered at the end my garden <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My favourite carriage and the one most used by the Heritage Railway <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has a pale white and cream skin with a splash of violet green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not surprisingly it is called <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Southern Belle  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are those that dislike <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This the most beautiful of railway carriages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of its supposed history <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A history of cruelty and white privilege <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to my disabilities I am blind to this history <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And to be truthful I do not really care <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These people can decay in drill hell <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am loyal to my beautiful railway carriage <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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