On my left there were a number of men dressed in Great War army uniforms<\/p>\n
There were in a circle and singing hymns<\/p>\n
I looked out to sea<\/p>\n
Neptune and his mermaids<\/p>\n
Were swimming in the waves<\/p>\n
I filmed them on my phone<\/p>\n
A wretched waif dressed in filthy rags<\/p>\n
Tapped me on the shoulder<\/p>\n
Asking for bread<\/p>\n
What is your name?<\/i><\/p>\n
I looked at her small sun burnt face<\/p>\n
Robinson Crusoe my name is Robinson Crusoe <\/i><\/p>\n
Very well I will advise She Garland of your return <\/i><\/p>\n
What is your name? <\/i><\/p>\n
My name is Carmen of Madrid <\/i><\/p>\n
The waif kissed the richest ring on my finger<\/p>\n
Very well I will advise She Garland of your return <\/i><\/p>\n
I followed the narrow path towards the lighthouse<\/p>\n
It was shrouded by Edelweiss on both sides<\/p>\n
Which way is the Edelweiss Lighthouse ???<\/em><\/p>\n That was all that was written on a weathered wooden signpost<\/p>\n I threw the signpost into the sea<\/p>\n As I had tired of its riddles<\/p>\n What is her name? <\/i><\/p>\n Her name is Carmen of Madrid <\/i><\/p>\n The mermaids sang<\/p>\n She Garland has waited for her for many years <\/i><\/p>\n Please would you extinguish your recording device as it will not please her\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n I knocked on the lowest door of the lighthouse but received no reply<\/p>\n A washerwoman came up to me with Robinson Crusoe perched on her broad shoulders<\/p>\n The keeper the keeper of the lighthouse is long gone <\/i><\/p>\n The Edelweiss Lighthouse now runs itself <\/i><\/p>\n How long has he been gone? <\/i><\/p>\n Many a year <\/i><\/p>\n Many a year now<\/i><\/p>\n Said Robinson Crusoe as she retrieved a note from the washerwoman\u2019s matted hair<\/p>\n He instructed me to give it to anybody passing <\/i><\/p>\n I opened the small note which was damp with sweat<\/p>\n I am in the mood for love <\/i><\/p>\n You know this well <\/i><\/p>\n Please do not try to find me<\/i><\/p>\n The men dressed in Great War army uniforms had stopped singing and one by one were walking into the sea<\/p>\n As they did so they were each greeted by a mermaid and guided towards the deeper waters<\/p>\n Until none remained on the beach<\/p>\n Only a solitary rifle lay in the sand<\/p>\n I tried to film the event but my phone grey hot in my hand<\/p>\n So I declined the task and threw the phone on to the rocks below<\/p>\n Where it shattered into brittle pieces<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On my left there were a number of men dressed in Great War army uniforms There were in a circle and singing hymns I looked out to sea Neptune and his mermaids Were swimming in the waves I filmed them on my phone A wretched waif dressed in filthy rags Tapped me on the shoulder […]<\/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\/3687"}],"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=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}