{"id":36762,"date":"2026-10-18T14:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=36762"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:25:01","slug":"italian-science-fiction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/italian-science-fiction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Science Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With shadowy pen I write,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Till time be done,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Good news of some strange light,<br>Some far off sun.<br><br><br>I like your tattoo Rachel <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has unusual colours <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You like me full stop Ray <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is that a bad thing <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No not at all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It polishes my ego <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I had an ego <br><br><br>The tattoo are these your words <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No I am not that clever <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have another tattoo <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just above my ankle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lines for a Sun-Dial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the title if the poem <br><br><br>What is its meaning <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has various meanings <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where are we Ray <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beside a swimming pool <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many suns are in the sky <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just the one I would expect nothing else <br><br><br>That is a common mistake <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As there are many suns in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can only see a single sun <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many suns <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within your gaze <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are as real as I am Ray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With shadowy pen I write,&nbsp; &nbsp; Till time be done,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Good news of some strange light,Some far off sun. I like your tattoo Rachel It has unusual colours You like me full stop Ray Is that a bad thing No not at all It polishes my ego If I had an ego [&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-36762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36762","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=36762"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36767,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36762\/revisions\/36767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}