{"id":24955,"date":"2025-02-25T22:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=24955"},"modified":"2025-02-25T22:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:42:59","slug":"the-secret-life-of-cacti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/the-secret-life-of-cacti\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Loves of Cacti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am so tired of our tiny flat <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hate the urban rooftops<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the grey people in the streets <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sylvie is in the coffee bar <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I  can see her red apron clearly <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muddled unfinished papers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lie on my wooden desk <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My great unfinished novel <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secret Loves of Cacti <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will never reach the bookshops <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have grown so bored of it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Rebecca died in the fifth chapter <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She did not deserve her fate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has begun to grey rain again <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will need to close the window <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the room should to be aired <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Southampton are now four down <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Crystal Palace have equalised <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest of the games are goalless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Games on Tuesday evenings <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can be so predictable and boring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sally is in Australia at present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> How I hate her luck with money <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have been out there for two weeks <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But have not thought to send photographs <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know how much I love the beaches <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February is not a pretty month sis <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fulham have just scored <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will to close my day <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And pick up Sylvie in ten <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are planning to go to the cinema <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But have not decided on the movie <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fulham two nil  the radio fades <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concrete stairs echo tediously <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I look up and note that the wing window is open <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> We do not have anything worth stealing <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A steaming cup of coffee awaits me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sylvie is chatting to Marine <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who resembles her in certain ways <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I might resurrect Rebecca <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who knows maybe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will discuss it with my pen <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so tired of our tiny flat I hate the urban rooftops And the grey people in the streets Sylvie is in the coffee bar I can see her red apron clearly Muddled unfinished papers Lie on my wooden desk My great unfinished novel The Secret Loves of Cacti 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