{"id":20325,"date":"2024-05-03T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=20325"},"modified":"2024-05-03T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:00:12","slug":"the-origins-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/the-origins-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Origins of History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I promised my former self<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That I would not write<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This for thirty years <br><br><br>Saturday follows Friday <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It always has <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The storm had faded <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I walked along the lane <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was partially flooded <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw the body <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of my umbrella <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost hidden <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It had been <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hit by a car <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which had disguised <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its original injuries <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its fabric had melted <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only its skeleton remained <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was distorted <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond recognition <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I left it where it lay <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was too late for funerals <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I looked up <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A burnt tree <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hung in the lane side field <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The small distance <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of two parked cars <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was all <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two family cars <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had saved me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But not my companion <br><br><br><br>Joe May 1994<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I promised my former self That I would not write This for thirty years Saturday follows Friday It always has The storm had faded I walked along the lane It was partially flooded I saw the body Of my umbrella Almost hidden It had been Hit by a car Which had disguised Its original injuries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=20325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20330,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20325\/revisions\/20330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}