{"id":8785,"date":"2021-09-30T10:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=8785"},"modified":"2021-09-30T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:49:59","slug":"ebbsfleet-international-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/30\/ebbsfleet-international-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebbsfleet International"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know I find these vending machines so tiresome
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

They are meant to be tiresome
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

What time is the next train?
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

In about ten minutes
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

It is the last Dover train of the day
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

I am going home at last<\/em><\/p>\n

Are you excited?<\/em><\/p>\n

Very I am going to meet my distant descendants
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

I think I have been in Gravesend for too long
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

How long have you lived here<\/em><\/p>\n

Four hundred years
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

I have had this conversation on many occasions<\/p>\n

It is never different<\/p>\n

She never catches the train<\/p>\n

She just stands next to the tiresome vending machine<\/p>\n

Awaiting the next train<\/p>\n

With a slight smile pursing her lips<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pocahontas<\/strong><\/p>\n

You died in this estuary town<\/p>\n

On your return voyage<\/p>\n

Miles from your original home<\/p>\n

The location of your grave is unknown<\/p>\n

As your father\u2019s church was consumed by flames<\/p>\n

Only your statue remains<\/p>\n

Everybody visits you<\/p>\n

But few remember you<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There is a life size statue of Pocahontas at Saint George\u2019s Church in Gravesend Kent
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Pocahontas was buried here after her death in 1617<\/em><\/p>\n

The exact location of her grave is unknown as the original church was destroyed by fire in 1627<\/em><\/p>\n

She is thought to have been buried underneath the chancel of the church
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pocahontas
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian Bride<\/p>\n

No good will come of your voyage<\/p>\n

You will die in an estuary town<\/p>\n

In England\u2019s first county<\/p>\n

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

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

Pocahontas and her husband John Rolfe were returning to Virginia in March 1617 but only got as far as Gravesend as Pocahontas had become seriously ill<\/em><\/p>\n

After being taken ashore she died soon after and was buried in the Kent town<\/em><\/p>\n

Her grave is now lost
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Trail Monkey<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Trail Monkey always rides<\/p>\n

In the final wagon<\/p>\n

Of the train<\/p>\n

He is tasked<\/p>\n

To look out for<\/p>\n

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

Red Indians<\/em><\/p>\n

But they are far away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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