{"id":4931,"date":"2020-11-05T08:09:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T08:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2020-11-05T08:09:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T08:09:01","slug":"festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/05\/festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I was due to attend a football match but there had been heavy rain so I decided to cycle to the ground to see if the game was on so you can imagine my surprise when I was met at the gate by identical triplets who were all wearing identical blue polka dot bikinis<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>When I reached the pitch it was totally shattered with huge expanses of water filling what appeared to be large shell holes<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>Yet the war had been over for seventy-five years<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise I was told that the game was on and I was handed a white polka-dot bikini<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I changed in front of the identical triplets who took a great interest in my appendix scar and my rainbow coloured pubic hair<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>The triplets asked to join them at the gate as they had never met anybody who had experienced a burst appendix and as a result suffered from multi coloured body hair<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>There are many small boats on the football pitch as well as six London buses in both penalty areas<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>These boats and floats were covered by people celebrating The Festival of the Sea<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>But this football ground is inland and was 123 miles from the sea<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>A gentleman from Alice Springs then came up to me and said that there would be a pitch inspection at 15.00 hours<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I took my leave from the identical triplets and walked towards the main stand which was sponsored by a software company based in the Philippines<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>It was then that I noticed the stunning sea views which stretched towards the golden peninsular in the distance<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I felt angry as I had been lied to all my life by my elders<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>The appendix operation had been a sham and the distinct colouring of my body hair could have been avoided<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I no longer considered myself a freak whose solitary pleasure was football<\/p>\n<p>Alice<br \/>\nThe triplets had liberated me and I was now a golden girl who had been born by the sea<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>I was sitting at the top of a large set of steps that lead down a rocky shore<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>I counted the steps there were 496 steps I had not encountered so many steps before<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>The club house was behind me and was painted in the teams colours of blue and white<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I found a tattoo on my shoulder that informed me that the Western Chin Dynasty had existed between 265 and 316<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I felt annoyed as I have no interest in history<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>I returned to the club house as I wanted to purchase a programme for the match as well as one for the previous game which I had missed due to appendicitis<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>Appendicitis is more common in men I felt angry that I had been lied to<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>As I sat in the club house reading my programme I noticed a beautiful woman in a white bikini passing by<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>She was heading towards the steep steps<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>I rushed after her as I had already counted the steps<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p>I have never suffered from appendicitis<\/p>\n<p>Phillip<\/p>\n<p>The woman immediately asked me to marry her as her appendix was clear and her body hair had returned to its normal colour<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alice I was due to attend a football match but there had been heavy rain so I decided to cycle to the ground to see if the game was on so you can imagine my surprise when I was met at the gate by identical triplets who were all wearing identical blue polka dot bikinis 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