{"id":31985,"date":"2026-02-05T10:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=31985"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:08:12","slug":"driftwood-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/driftwood-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Driftwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fresh from the sea <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still damp <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A future conversation piece <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riddled with worm holes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its inhabitants long drowned <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane and I are sitting <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a wooden bench <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eating cheese and lettuce sandwiches <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light although bright is fading <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the cool sea breezes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Begin to confuse <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a few short weeks <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The air will fill the longer days <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its warmth late of gentle climes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colours will return to the wide beach <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the sea will settle relaxed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the privacy of own its rhythms <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=acd81caf4539d42c&amp;rlz=1CAGMMR_enGB969&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n7j-2d2qOYO47OCrYzMoOXcjybGoQ:1770285056412&amp;q=inhabitants+meaning&amp;si=AL3DRZEC_ZDAByhd6HDMGU3krnZdD39yvchg2lI6ASxB2gKm5u_rtwLkccJiC6ouHcoy0Vslbm8LNLwdklZ6NTVzaMMzKTG_A5m8fd5b15Wqiqae-l4ru_dVSHCYl8BPcGzf9DYeTxLp40JtJnuxNjwlfmt48C9RZg%3D%3D&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi37sDficKSAxUST0EAHdmsF8gQyNoBKAB6BAgZEAA&amp;ictx=1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh from the sea Still damp A future conversation piece Riddled with worm holes Its inhabitants long drowned Jane and I are sitting On a wooden bench Eating cheese and lettuce sandwiches The light although bright is fading As the cool sea breezes Begin to confuse In a few short weeks The air will fill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31985"}],"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=31985"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31991,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31985\/revisions\/31991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}