{"id":1603,"date":"2015-06-07T11:31:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T11:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2015-06-07T11:31:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T11:31:34","slug":"the-hunter-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/07\/the-hunter-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunter Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a Hunter Watch<\/p>\n<p>Which I keep on a Chain<\/p>\n<p>In my waistcoat pocket<\/p>\n<p><i>Pull the chain<br \/>\nTo relive the pain <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>It speaks to me often <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I look at its hands guiding me slowly<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the day<\/p>\n<p><i>Pull the chain<br \/>\nTo relive the pain <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>We have long conversations<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Never overheard<\/p>\n<p>As the hours mature<\/p>\n<p>My office empties<\/p>\n<p>And alone once more<\/p>\n<p>I look at my Hunter Watch<\/p>\n<p>For the final time<\/p>\n<p>It informs me to take my leave<\/p>\n<p>Another day ends<\/p>\n<p>And soon I meet my special girl<\/p>\n<p>By the tea-house<\/p>\n<p>Where we eat and chat<\/p>\n<p>And watch the world pass by<\/p>\n<p>After our meal<\/p>\n<p>I give her my Hunter Watch<\/p>\n<p>For it is her turn<\/p>\n<p>To watch its time pass<\/p>\n<p>As she sits like me<\/p>\n<p>Bored in her office<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>William Sherwood (1927)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a Hunter Watch Which I keep on a Chain In my waistcoat pocket Pull the chain To relive the pain It speaks to me often I look at its hands guiding me slowly Towards the end of the day Pull the chain To relive the pain We have long conversations Never overheard As [&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\/1603"}],"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=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}