My bus is very crowded <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which I do not welcome <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am the only Englishman <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On this interesting bus<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Spanish girl named Alba <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is sitting next to me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She speaks very little English <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although she tells me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That her name means Dawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her brother recently died in Oporto <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But she was unable to make the funeral<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As she needed to clean herself up<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am travelling as I always do <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For just the experience and nothing else<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What she does not know <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is that I covered her fare <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or at least part of the costs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alba thinks that the owner <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the small Blue Cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Helped to cover her journey <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he was keen to help <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The toll of her addictions <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have taken their toll <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And she looks much older<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Than her tender years<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She weeps occasionally <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I pretend not to notice <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we stop for meals <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I treat her in ignorance <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the situation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or so she thinks <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I prefer it this way <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My small companion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was once rather pleasant looking <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her large raven eyes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still dominate her face <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet even they look tired <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And full of self inflicted pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has no plans <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For many parts of her journey <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this does not seem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To concern her at present<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am just the kind Englishman <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who happens to be travelling with her<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe she has hopes of my alms <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But she does not make this clear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My bus is very crowded Which I do not welcome I am the only Englishman On this interesting bus A Spanish girl named Alba Is sitting next to me She speaks very little English Although she tells me That her name means Dawn Her brother recently died in Oporto But she was unable to make […]<\/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-36044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36044","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=36044"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36052,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36044\/revisions\/36052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}