{"id":3003,"date":"2017-01-07T15:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2017-01-07T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T15:48:18","slug":"john-b-at-st-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/07\/john-b-at-st-p\/","title":{"rendered":"John B at St P"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am standing here with my stellar friends in front of your statue<\/p>\n<p>You watch the trains arrive and leave with the pleasure of a child on its first outing<\/p>\n<p>St P is splendid again and this was partly down to you and your friends<\/p>\n<p>It is now the gateway to the near continent<\/p>\n<p>Paris is only a matter of hours away<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people steal your likeness every day<\/p>\n<p>Pretty girls touch the tails of your coat<\/p>\n<p>Whilst mature matrons exchange nostalgic memories<\/p>\n<p>And chat excitedly amongst themselves<\/p>\n<p>As they consume prawn sandwiches freshly made<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a way I am jealous of your captivity in this vast train shed<\/p>\n<p>I am always on the move nothing stops for me<\/p>\n<p>But you stand here cheerful in your disposition<\/p>\n<p>You have completed your journeys<\/p>\n<p>Nothing more awaits you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My friends and I toast you with our silly glasses full of fizz<\/p>\n<p>We are off to France on the five fifteen<\/p>\n<p>I would like you to join us but know you cannot come<\/p>\n<p>You wish us a good journey with your knowing smile<\/p>\n<p>Safe in the knowledge that your sleep is yet to be shared<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am standing here with my stellar friends in front of your statue You watch the trains arrive and leave with the pleasure of a child on its first outing St P is splendid again and this was partly down to you and your friends It is now the gateway to the near continent Paris [&hellip;]<\/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\/3003"}],"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=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}