Three days later I was on a boat to Stromboli<\/p>\n
I had left the car on the mainland and only took the quote from Eliot with me for luck<\/p>\n
It was in my jacket pocket<\/p>\n
Next to the gun<\/p>\n
Folded neatly<\/p>\n
I had decided to go to Stromboli as I was puzzled by Lipari<\/p>\n
I had received no further communications<\/p>\n
A Welsh girl called Ingrid was sitting next to me with her husband Robert<\/p>\n
They were going to call me Janet and then they saw the fucking movie and now I am Ingrid Janet Rees <\/i><\/p>\n
Thats a nice name<\/em><\/p>\n I have always wanted to visit the island <\/i><\/p>\n You? <\/i><\/p>\n I am a poet I came here for inspiration <\/i><\/p>\n Have you had anything published? <\/i><\/p>\n No not for a long time <\/i><\/p>\n I have been away<\/i><\/p>\n Have you ever seen the movie? <\/i><\/p>\n What movie<\/i><\/p>\n Stromboli <\/i><\/p>\n No <\/i><\/p>\n Ingrid Bergman plays a displaced girl from Lithuania who marries an Italian prisoner of war <\/i><\/p>\n He is also a fisherman and promises her a new life on Stromboli <\/i><\/p>\n But she soon finds that life on the island is harsh and very traditional and the islanders are hostile to her because she is foreign <\/i><\/p>\n It sounds like a good movie <\/i><\/p>\n It was <\/i><\/p>\n In the distance I could see the island<\/p>\n The ship was captained by a woman called Karin<\/p>\n She spoke in Italian and English<\/p>\n After the announcements she came up to me and handed me a note<\/p>\n Why are you going to Stromboli there is nothing there for you? <\/i><\/p>\n Mummy and I are waiting for you under the pumice slope <\/i><\/p>\n The sea is so clear today <\/i><\/p>\n I am wearing a blue bikini and mummy is wearing a red one <\/i><\/p>\n All the other females on the beach are wearing white bikinis <\/i><\/p>\n If you see any others do make yourself scarce <\/i><\/p>\n Your life is in serious danger <\/i><\/p>\n Batgirl x <\/i><\/p>\n Ingrid Janet Rees tapped me on the shoulder<\/p>\n Do you know what my next favourite movie is? <\/i><\/p>\n No<\/i><\/p>\n Le Parfum d\u2019 Yvonne <\/i><\/p>\n Robert and I are going to travel to Evian where the movie was shot <\/i><\/p>\n I am going to recreate the scene where Yvonne\u2019s dress is caught in the breeze <\/i><\/p>\n Just for Robert <\/i><\/p>\n We cannot have children you see <\/i><\/p>\n I became nervous<\/p>\n Can I ask you a personal question? <\/i><\/p>\n Yes if you like <\/i><\/p>\n Do you own a bikini?<\/i><\/p>\n Yes<\/em><\/p>\n What colour is it?<\/i><\/p>\n White <\/i><\/p>\n What silly questions you ask <\/i><\/p>\n Do hit men always ask silly questions? <\/i><\/p>\n I am not a hit man but an assassin<\/i><\/p>\n Are they not the same? <\/i><\/p>\n No very different <\/i><\/p>\n You may have killed Corbett but the current Prime Minister is not much better <\/i><\/p>\n I know <\/i><\/p>\n Are you going to kill him?<\/i><\/p>\n No <\/i><\/p>\n Why? <\/i><\/p>\n Because I am tired<\/i><\/p>\n This ship will return via Lipari Stephen <\/i><\/p>\n I was aware of that <\/i><\/p>\n If you survive and are in Evian do join us on our trip <\/i><\/p>\n I am sure you will enjoy the theatre of the day <\/i><\/p>\n Robert says I have such a nice bottom <\/i><\/p>\n The last I saw of Ingrid Janet Rees was on the upper deck of the ship<\/p>\n A cross wind was blowing and was gently lifting her light summer dress<\/p>\n I had to agree Robert Rees was a lucky man<\/p>\n As I sat down I noticed that Ingrid Janet Rees had left the small parcel that she was carrying<\/p>\n It had a note attached<\/p>\n Stephen <\/i><\/p>\n I thought you would find this <\/i><\/p>\n Inside is a small ladies pistol which is easily concealed <\/i><\/p>\n Do have it <\/i><\/p>\n Wait for the next gust of wind and then hide the pistol <\/i><\/p>\n People are watching me not you <\/i><\/p>\n If you survive do catch up with both movies <\/i><\/p>\n And yes I do think that Jack\/George Clooney was right to kill the girl at the beginning of the movie<\/i><\/p>\n She was in panic and a liability <\/i><\/p>\n The character was called Ingrid like me but Robert says I have a nicer bottom<\/i><\/p>\n I secreted the small pistol after waiting for the next gust of wind<\/p>\n Nobody noticed<\/p>\n Nobody cared<\/p>\n For a moment Ingrid Bergman sat next to me<\/p>\n Do not visit the island Stephen you are needed elsewhere <\/i><\/p>\n I share the same birthday as a writer I once knew and he shared the same birthday as Ingrid Bergman<\/p>\n Ingrid Bergman died on her sixty-seventh birthday<\/p>\n What poetry<\/p>\n Survive Stephen survive that is all I ask <\/i><\/p>\n Were the last words that Ingrid Bergman said to me before she faded into the sharp light of the day \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To be Continued \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three days later I was on a boat to Stromboli I had left the car on the mainland and only took the quote from Eliot with me for luck It was in my jacket pocket Next to the gun Folded neatly I had decided to go to Stromboli as I was puzzled by Lipari I […]<\/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\/2861"}],"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=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}