{"id":1978,"date":"2015-12-07T22:09:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T22:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2015-12-07T22:10:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T22:10:15","slug":"when-the-indians-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/07\/when-the-indians-returned\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Indians Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The train was travelling at maximum speed<\/p>\n<p><i>Electron 2.4 <\/i><\/p>\n<p>The passengers in my carriage<\/p>\n<p>Were feeling a little uncomfortable<\/p>\n<p>Tap<\/p>\n<p>From behind the false wall<\/p>\n<p>Hiding the WC<\/p>\n<p>There was a tapping<\/p>\n<p>Tap<\/p>\n<p>Tap<\/p>\n<p>Tap<\/p>\n<p>Tap<\/p>\n<p>Tap<\/p>\n<p>People began to get nervous<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0I think there is going to be an ATTACK by Red Indians <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I have heard this tapping before <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Only the uncoordinated remained calm<\/p>\n<p><i>Electron 2.1<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The train was slowing DOWN<\/p>\n<p>I could smell the brakes as it did so<\/p>\n<p>An arrow pierced the nearside window<\/p>\n<p>And killed TWO strangers<\/p>\n<p>Who happened to be sitting together<\/p>\n<p><i>At least they died in sequence<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I love happy endings <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I lowered my RIFLE and shot two Red Indians<\/p>\n<p>Who fell from their horses<\/p>\n<p>One had been singing<\/p>\n<p><i>Sunday afternoons are without heroes <\/i><\/p>\n<p>An albino was speaking to me<\/p>\n<p>The train WAS REDUCING ITS SPEED<\/p>\n<p>I could smell the brake fluid<\/p>\n<p><i>Electron 1.9<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Will you be a hero?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Trains always have heroes <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>But I am not a hero<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The blond is always the hero <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I looked at my reflection in the carriage window<\/p>\n<p>Blond with a well DEFINED JAW<\/p>\n<p>6\/3<\/p>\n<p>What a lean MOTHERFUCKER I was<\/p>\n<p>But I was no hero<\/p>\n<p>The albino looked at me<\/p>\n<p><i>My mother came from an island <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>You are a hero in my eyes<\/i><\/p>\n<p>IN THE DRIVERS CAB THE ILLUMINATED DIAL<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed the speed we were travelling at<\/p>\n<p><i>Electron 1.5<\/i><\/p>\n<p>All stories end at this speed<\/p>\n<p><b>STOP <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The train was travelling at maximum speed Electron 2.4 The passengers in my carriage Were feeling a little uncomfortable Tap From behind the false wall Hiding the WC There was a tapping Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap People began to get nervous \u00a0I think there is going to be an ATTACK by Red Indians I [&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\/1978"}],"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=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}