I am in a small supermarket with my wife<\/p>\n
She send me off to find people I do not know<\/p>\n
A few minutes later I find myself next to shelves<\/p>\n
Stocked with Adidas training shoes<\/p>\n
Which are all priced at five pound ninety five<\/p>\n
As I normally pay twenty pounds I am much impressed<\/p>\n
I ask the senior assistant if she would find me size twelve<\/p>\n
At first she does not answer me and is inwardly smiling<\/p>\n
I suspect that a disgusting joke is passing through her filthy mind<\/p>\n
Which I ignore as I do not care for ribald humours<\/p>\n
She apologises and tells me that they have sold out of size twelves<\/p>\n
And suggests that I try one of the superstores who are sure to stock them<\/p>\n
I leave the store on my scooter but stop at the door to ensure<\/p>\n
1\/ That my wife is no longer in the shop<\/p>\n
2\/ That I am not unconsciously stealing anything<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Overnight it has snowed and the roads and pavements are icy<\/p>\n
But I still travel at speed in a careless manner<\/p>\n
Confident that I will not crash and injure myself<\/p>\n
When I try to reduce my scooter speed it only increases<\/p>\n
I am now taking corners at over eighty miles per hour<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When I am next aware I find that I have come to a halt<\/p>\n
Opposite Richmond Park Railway Station<\/p>\n
My scooter has now changed into a bicycle<\/p>\n
This confuses but does not faze me<\/p>\n
My position on the bridge gives me good views<\/p>\n
Of the passing trains so I remove my camera from its case<\/p>\n
And wait and wait for the next high speed train<\/p>\n
It is whilst I am waiting that my episode begins<\/p>\n
I am floating floating above the parapet of the bridge<\/p>\n
I know that I am floating but cannot control my involuntary actions<\/p>\n
In the distance near the thistle path I see a goth and his young daughter<\/p>\n
Walking towards me and as I do not want to frighten the child<\/p>\n
I return to the pavement near the pelican crossing leaning against the wall<\/p>\n
The goth is wearing a heavy leather coat even though summer has arrived<\/p>\n
I apologise for any alarm that I have caused and am told<\/p>\n
That he quite often meets people floating above the parapet<\/p>\n
And that his daughter is totally oblivious to such wonders<\/p>\n
Before she leaves the little girl gives me one of her two dolls<\/p>\n
And tells me that all life exists beneath the wigs of dolls<\/p>\n
A high speed train passes by but I do not film it as I no longer have my camera<\/p>\n
I have given to the child in return for the doll<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I am now in a large waiting room which is not a waiting room for trains<\/p>\n
My wife is sitting on a polished wooden bench smiling at me<\/p>\n
I still have the doll BUT my bicycle and scooter are missing<\/p>\n
There are mad people in this room making cocktails<\/p>\n
One of them teaches me how to make a cocktail called<\/p>\n
The Lost Hours<\/em><\/p>\n Which originated from the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1936<\/p>\n I suspect that I am being cornered but my wife assures me<\/p>\n That I am much loved and these episodes are quite common<\/p>\n In people such as me as their energy needs to be released quietly<\/p>\n I begin to tease the mad people by showing them my doll<\/p>\n And explaining that all life exists beneath the wigs of dolls<\/p>\n This makes their conditions worse and they are removed from the room<\/p>\n One by One by One by One by One by One by One by One by One by One<\/p>\n I feel both elated and ashamed at myself but everything is crystal clear<\/p>\n I know that like a train passing through Richmond Park Railway Station<\/p>\n That another episode is near but I refuse to acknowledge my fate<\/p>\n And close my eyes willing this poem to fade and slowly so slowly my sanity returns<\/p>\n I can hear seagulls fighting in the distance which is comforting as I live near the sea<\/p>\n My wife tells me that unfortunately I have made a pact with the devil<\/p>\n And that part of me will always haunt the parapet opposite the railway station<\/p>\n And that this poem will be bathed in a tangerine light for eternity<\/p>\n But I have returned and under my coastal window I can see my rapid scooter<\/p>\n The doll has vanished as well as the bike that I never used<\/p>\n But my sea views are tangerine as they will always be<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am in a small supermarket with my wife She send me off to find people I do not know A few minutes later I find myself next to shelves Stocked with Adidas training shoes Which are all priced at five pound ninety five As I normally pay twenty pounds I am much impressed I […]<\/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\/7713"}],"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=7713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}