On my left there were a number of men dressed in Great War army uniforms<\/p>\n
There were in a circle and singing hymns<\/p>\n
I looked out to sea<\/p>\n
Neptune and his mermaids<\/p>\n
Were swimming in the waves<\/p>\n
I filmed them on my phone<\/p>\n
A wretched waif dressed in filthy rags<\/p>\n
Tapped me on the shoulder<\/p>\n
Asking for bread<\/p>\n
What is your name?<\/em><\/p>\n I looked at her small sun burnt face<\/p>\n Robinson Crusoe my name is Robinson Crusoe Very well I will advise She Garland of your return What is your name? My name is Carmen of Madrid The waif kissed the richest ring on my finger<\/p>\n Very well I will advise She Garland of your return I followed the narrow path towards the lighthouse<\/p>\n It was shrouded by Edelweiss on both sides<\/p>\n Which way is the Edelweiss Lighthouse?<\/p>\n That was all that was written on a weathered wooden signpost<\/p>\n I threw the signpost into the sea<\/p>\n As I had tired of its riddles<\/p>\n What is your name? My name is Carmen of Madrid The mermaids sang<\/p>\n She Garland has waited for you for many years I knocked on the lowest door of the lighthouse but received no reply<\/p>\n A washerwoman came up to me with Robinson Crusoe perched on her broad shoulders<\/p>\n The keeper the keeper of the lighthouse is long gone The Edelweiss Lighthouse now runs itself How long has he been gone? Many a year Many a year now<\/em><\/p>\n Said Robinson Crusoe as she retrieved a note from the washerwoman\u2019s matted hair<\/p>\n He instructed me to give it to anybody passing I opened the small note which was damp with sweat<\/p>\n I am in the mood for love You know this well Please do not try to find me<\/em><\/p>\n The men dressed in Great War army uniforms had stopped singing and one by one were walking into the sea<\/p>\n As they did so they were greeted by a mermaid and guided towards the deeper waters<\/p>\n Until none remained on the beach<\/p>\n Only a solitary rifle lay in the sand<\/p>\n I tried to film the event but my phone grew hot in my hand<\/p>\n So I declined the task and threw the phone on to the rocks below where it shattered into brittle pieces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On my left there were a number of men dressed in Great War army uniforms There were in a circle and singing hymns I looked out to sea Neptune and his mermaids Were swimming in the waves I filmed them on my phone A wretched waif dressed in filthy rags Tapped me on the shoulder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=9220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9221,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220\/revisions\/9221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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