{"id":4116,"date":"2020-09-02T10:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=4116"},"modified":"2020-09-02T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:30:29","slug":"a-box-of-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/02\/a-box-of-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Box of Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>When my imaginary friend left me fourteen years ago<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He told me that he had secreted a box of tricks somewhere in the house<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I initially\u00a0searched for this box but was unable to find it so I gave up<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That was until today when I discovered his box of tricks by accident<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When I opened this small box I found two teddy bears<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0As well as a striking red and black abstract painting<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There was also a green church diary dating from 2006<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And a pack of tarot cards wrapped in a thin silk scarf<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My imaginary friend was something of a hypochondriac<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And I found some strips of outdated pills which I soon disposed of<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His faded London security pass which he was required to wear<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Reminded me of his handsome but gently worn features<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I do not know what I expected to find as many years had passed<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The fake olympic medals made me smile as did his Henry Miller paperback<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I imagined him reading\u00a0<i>Quiet Days in Clichy\u00a0<\/i>on the tube train each day<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And getting odd looks from repressed middle aged men and sad virgins<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The box of tricks has now been returned to its secret place<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I do not know when I will open it as its magic was beginning to fade<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Everything is now illuminated and I can recall its contents with ease<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My imaginary friend although distant is near and he often speaks to me in my dreams<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my imaginary friend left me fourteen years ago He told me that he had secreted a box of tricks somewhere in the house I initially\u00a0searched for this box but was unable to find it so I gave up That was until today when I discovered his box of tricks by accident When I opened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116"}],"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=4116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}