{"id":20977,"date":"2024-06-05T22:28:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T21:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=20977"},"modified":"2024-06-05T22:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T21:53:22","slug":"the-last-days-of-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/the-last-days-of-satan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Days of Satan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am often asked about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> My favourite movie scenes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It depends on my mood <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It depends very much on my mood <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ride of the Valkyrie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choppers in Apocalypse Now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring to mind <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can remember watching it in tears <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not because of its depiction of war <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Far from it as I did not give a fuck <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had just returned from Chester <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And my dog as soon as I crossed the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Ran swiftly towards me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right into the path of a speeding car <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Satan was decapitated <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The car just drove off <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I recognised the driver <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I placed Satan into a cement bag <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And tipped him into the river <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the next two days <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I watched without a real break <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That scene from Apocalypse Now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the evening of the third day <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I waited for the driver in a dimly lit alley <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And hit him many times with a baseball bat <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to kill him but God stopped me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spared the beast in me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The baseball bat <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joined my dog in the river <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was never found<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was never found <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Not that I expected to be found<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver of car never drove again <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And even now he limps past me in the street <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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