{"id":301877,"date":"2017-04-02T23:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T22:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/watching-old-black-and-white-ealing-comedies-saved-her-from-self-harming-again\/"},"modified":"2017-04-02T23:59:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T22:59:20","slug":"watching-old-black-and-white-ealing-comedies-saved-her-from-self-harming-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/watching-old-black-and-white-ealing-comedies-saved-her-from-self-harming-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching Old Black And White Ealing Comedies Saved Her From Self Harming, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-66840\">\n<p class=\"byline\">by Paul Tristram \/ April 2nd, 2017<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>I cwtched* up close behind her,<br \/>feeling the waves crash deep within<br \/>her shaking, cut-up skin.<br \/>As she rocked, gently,<br \/>going nowhere but hammock-riding<br \/>her soul into a desperate lullaby.<br \/>I\u2019m the only person she can stand<br \/>to have near when she\u2019s fragile\u2026<br \/>I never frown at her sighs,<br \/>and accept her flaws for what they are\u2026<br \/>stumbling blocks she\u2019s still out-riddling.<br \/>\u2018Kind Hearts And Coronets\u2019<br \/>was just over two thirds through.<br \/>Each time Alec Guinness appeared<br \/>the edges of her mouth twitched, slightly.<br \/>It was a toss-up between \u2018The Ladykillers\u2019<br \/>or \u2018The Lavender Hill Mob\u2019 next?<br \/>Which isn\u2019t fair\u2026 she\u2019s teasing,<br \/>which means she\u2019s starting to feel better,<br \/>for she knows \u2018Whisky Galore!\u2019<br \/>is my absolute favourite.<br \/>I tried gently tickling,<br \/>overstepped the mark\u2026 and retreated.<br \/>She relented, quickly, with an<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s alright, have it your way,<br \/>But, I\u2019m going to pull up my hood,<br \/>turn around, bury my face into your chest<br \/>and just listen whilst you are watching it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>* \u201ccwtch\u201d is a Welsh word and when translated into English means \u201ccuddle\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Paul Tristram is a Welsh writer who has poems, short stories, sketches and photography&#13;<br \/>\npublished in many publications around the world. He yearns to tattoo porcelain bridesmaids&#13;<br \/>\ninstead of digging empty graves for innocence at midnight; this too may pass, yet.&#13;<br \/>\nBuy his books <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1943170096\">Scribblings Of A Madman<\/a> (Lit Fest Press); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1326241036\">Poetry From The Nearest Barstool<\/a>; and a split&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2017\/04\/watching-old-black-and-white-ealing-comedies-saved-her-from-self-harming-again\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Paul Tristram \/ April 2nd, 2017 I cwtched* up close behind her,feeling the waves crash deep withinher shaking, cut-up skin.As she rocked, gently,going nowhere but hammock-ridingher soul into a desperate lullaby.I\u2019m the only person she can standto have near when she\u2019s fragile\u2026I never frown at her sighs,and accept her flaws for what they are\u2026stumbling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-301877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}