{"id":29897,"date":"2025-10-29T09:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=29897"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:48:51","slug":"when-days-promise-wine-and-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/when-days-promise-wine-and-roses\/","title":{"rendered":"When Days Promised Wine and Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A parcel arrived at the door of my apartment <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It contained a number of perfect tee shirts <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a variety of bold and pastel colours <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Printed on each was the same message <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Shortness of Life Forbids Us Long Hopes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cannot really say that I knew of its meaning <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All that was asked of me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Was that I wore one on a daily basis <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My aunt was comfortable and very kind <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was in certain ways it was a soft velvet prison <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But who was I to complain about my confinement <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I often walked through the fields of mysterious flowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whose perfumes and colours were beyond deep thought <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In time I would be allowed to return to the cleansed city <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where I could walk the streets without any fear <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doors and windows would be left wide open<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the beautiful lavender flowers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With their bright yellow faces <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would be able to enjoy the purity<br><br> Of the southwest winds <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A parcel arrived at the door of my apartment It contained a number of perfect tee shirts In a variety of bold and pastel colours Printed on each was the same message The Shortness of Life Forbids Us Long Hopes I cannot really say that I knew of its meaning All that was asked of [&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-29897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29897","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=29897"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29922,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29897\/revisions\/29922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}