{"id":137601,"date":"2023-09-02T21:35:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=137601"},"modified":"2023-09-02T21:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:35:51","slug":"mrs-james-trousers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/mrs-james-trousers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. James&#8217; Trousers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There they were:<br \/>\nLong.<br \/>\nBlack and white.<br \/>\nPin-striped.<br \/>\nOn long legs.<br \/>\nWith Mrs. James at the top of them<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. James of the Elvis tracks in mock exams.<br \/>\nMrs. James of the hyenas in the school Christmas play.<br \/>\nMrs. James of the shrine to Tim Henman in the cupboard.<\/p>\n<p>And my friend, the tallest in the class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell you can play me!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMe, Mrs. James?!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cYes, you can play me<br \/>\nIn assembly!<br \/>\nI\u2019m writing a play\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. James <i>loves<\/i> to write plays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can play me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jenny shoots me a desperate glance.<br \/>\nShe\u2019s eleven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, Jen,<br \/>\nYou\u2019re so tall\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Oh no.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bet you could wear my trousers!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the playground,<br \/>\nLater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>I have to wear her trousers.<br \/>\n<\/i>They\u2019re long!<br \/>\nThey\u2019re <i>black and white<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Pin-striped.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s next week.<br \/>\nAssembly.<br \/>\nI\u2019m sitting in class<br \/>\n(on set).<\/p>\n<p>Jenny\u2019s front and centre.<br \/>\nIn Mrs. James&#8217; trousers.<br \/>\nLong,<br \/>\nBlack and white,<br \/>\nPin-striped,<br \/>\nAbsolutely unmissable.<br \/>\nUnforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A true story. (Changed names).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There they were: Long. Black and white. Pin-striped. On long legs. With Mrs. James at the top of them Mrs. James of the Elvis tracks in mock exams. Mrs. James of the hyenas in the school Christmas play. Mrs. James of the shrine to Tim&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137640,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137601\/revisions\/137640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}