That was my alias which was one of many<\/p>\n
As for many years I was a spy<\/p>\n
Who was so far underground<\/p>\n
That I rarely surfaced for air<\/p>\n
I lived in hostile cities<\/p>\n
Watching and listening<\/p>\n
Arranging collections and drops<\/p>\n
In all I was an ant who although<\/p>\n
In the plain sight remained invisible<\/p>\n
As people could not see me clearly<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But that was many years ago<\/p>\n
And now I own a number of daffodil farms<\/p>\n
Which bring me a comfortable living<\/p>\n
I have named my fields after artists<\/p>\n
Caravaggio Vermeer and Ingres<\/em><\/p>\n They bring me a happiness<\/p>\n That I have rarely experienced<\/p>\n Daffodils are such settled flowers<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In my safe there a slim wooden box<\/p>\n Which is about six inches in length<\/p>\n And is full of diamonds<\/p>\n These are my currency<\/p>\n Next to this box of wonders<\/p>\n Is a loaded revolver<\/p>\n Which I have used before<\/p>\n And am prepared to use again<\/p>\n Should the need arise<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I stole these diamonds<\/p>\n From a oil millionaire<\/p>\n As he had no further use for them<\/p>\n Because he was dead<\/p>\n Next to his assassin<\/p>\n Who I had shot in self defence<\/p>\n With the very revolver<\/p>\n That lies hidden in my safe<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are new gangsters today<\/p>\n But I do not really care<\/p>\n As I have done my bit<\/p>\n For my country and so much more<\/p>\n Although it has never personally thanked me<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As far as I know I never existed<\/p>\n People chased shadows in the hope<\/p>\n Of finding me but it was a useless task<\/p>\n As to be found was to exist<\/p>\n That was why I was so successful<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Both of my operators are now long dead<\/p>\n No files exist that would incriminate me<\/p>\n I am the spy who never was now lost forever<\/p>\n In time I will reveal my bloody hand<\/p>\n As such secrecy is bad for the soul<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Until then\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Salon<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That was my alias which was one of many As for many years I was a spy Who was so far underground That I rarely surfaced for air I lived in hostile cities Watching and listening Arranging collections and drops In all I was an ant who although In the plain sight remained invisible As […]<\/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\/7407"}],"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=7407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}