{"id":31864,"date":"2026-01-30T11:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=31864"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:58:56","slug":"poems-from-gravesend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/poems-from-gravesend\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems from Gravesend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweet Spot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A guy walks into a sweet shop&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He recognises the girl&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the counter&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an ex girlfriend&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He asks her&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If her sweet spot&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was still in the same place\u00a0<br><br><br>I do not think that joke is funny\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some ways it is offensive&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You assume that it was a joke&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does it say joke on the box&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If not shut the fuck up&nbsp; <br><br><br>Old John Blake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built and cared for an avenue&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of pink mauve and cerise trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This avenue could&nbsp;be found <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Near a deep and murky&nbsp;river&nbsp; <br><br><br>Lady Nell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tis my memory Lady Nell&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That you told me&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Lady Garden&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was quite blonde&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without any blemish&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I know that to be untrue&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As your matted undergrowth&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Is as black&nbsp;as the night&nbsp;  <br><br><br>My New Flat Mate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are sitting naked in my Bath&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which does not bother me at all&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the city might take a different view&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweet Spot A guy walks into a sweet shop&nbsp; He recognises the girl&nbsp; Behind the counter&nbsp; As an ex girlfriend&nbsp; He asks her&nbsp; If her sweet spot&nbsp; Was still in the same place\u00a0 I do not think that joke is funny\u00a0 In some ways it is offensive&nbsp; You assume that it was a joke&nbsp; Does [&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-31864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31864","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=31864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31869,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31864\/revisions\/31869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}