{"id":6416,"date":"2021-01-29T18:38:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=6416"},"modified":"2021-01-29T18:38:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:38:47","slug":"the-fisherman-who-thought-pink-was-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/29\/the-fisherman-who-thought-pink-was-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"The fisherman who thought pink was blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is where she drowned<\/em><\/p>\n

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She did not drown<\/em><\/p>\n

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They found her body on this beach<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

She was a strong swimmer<\/em><\/p>\n

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Although the sea can be treacherous a sandbank protects this area<\/em><\/p>\n

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The waters are never calm<\/em><\/p>\n

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On the top of that small cliff there used to be cottage<\/em><\/p>\n

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Which fell into the sea some thirty years ago<\/em><\/p>\n

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The cottage was the home of a poor fisherman<\/em><\/p>\n

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Who would sail every day in search of fish<\/em><\/p>\n

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But he never brought any back<\/em><\/p>\n

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Why<\/em><\/p>\n

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Because he argued with them on each trip and returned them to the sea as a punishment<\/em><\/p>\n

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This is a private beach and I insist that you leave<\/em><\/p>\n

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Property is theft<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pardon<\/em><\/p>\n

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Property is theft<\/em><\/p>\n

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I do not understand you<\/em><\/p>\n

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It was a saying of the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nobody owns this beach<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you do not leave I will fetch my father and he owns a shotgun<\/em><\/p>\n

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Madame you are indecent<\/em><\/p>\n

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In your eyes maybe<\/em><\/p>\n

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This is a private beach and if you do not leave I will call the cops<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here please use my mobile<\/em><\/p>\n

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Shoot them father please shoot them<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ah the armed struggle<\/em><\/p>\n

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Shoot them father<\/em><\/p>\n

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I do not own a gun<\/em><\/p>\n

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Look at her father she is indecent<\/em><\/p>\n

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In your eyes<\/em><\/p>\n

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I own this beach as it is part of the property<\/em><\/p>\n

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Property is theft<\/em><\/p>\n

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Then I shall invite you for tea<\/em><\/p>\n

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Property should be shared<\/em><\/p>\n

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She is buried in the churchyard on the point<\/em><\/p>\n

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There is no church on the point<\/em><\/p>\n

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You are mistaken<\/em><\/p>\n

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I am looking in that direction and I can see no church<\/em><\/p>\n

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The drowned heiress is buried there<\/em><\/p>\n

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She did not drown<\/em><\/p>\n

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The currents are treacherous<\/em><\/p>\n

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The waters in this area are quite benign due to the proximity of the sandbank<\/em><\/p>\n

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I purchased this property from the estate of the drowned heiress<\/em><\/p>\n

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The beach which was once owned by the village was included in the sale<\/em><\/p>\n

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There is no village for miles<\/em><\/p>\n

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The heiress did not drown<\/em><\/p>\n

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I know<\/em><\/p>\n

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As soon as saw you on the beach I recognised you<\/em><\/p>\n

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Then why did your daughter want us shot<\/em><\/p>\n

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Take no notice of her as she is mad<\/em><\/p>\n

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I am not mad father<\/em><\/p>\n

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Forgive her as she has not been the same<\/em><\/p>\n

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I am not mad father<\/em><\/p>\n

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She has not been the same since her husband died<\/em><\/p>\n

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He is not dead<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ignore her<\/em><\/p>\n

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I saw him set sail this morning<\/em><\/p>\n

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He will bring us all fish<\/em><\/p>\n

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Your husband is buried in the church on the point<\/em><\/p>\n

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He will bring us fish you know<\/em><\/p>\n

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That is unless he gets into an argument with them again<\/em><\/p>\n

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He often argues with his catch<\/em><\/p>\n

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This is where she drowned \u00a0 She did not drown \u00a0 They found her body on this beach \u00a0 She was a strong swimmer \u00a0 Although the sea can be treacherous a sandbank protects this area \u00a0 The waters are never calm \u00a0 \u00a0 On the top of that small cliff there used to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416"}],"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=6416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}