{"id":1520,"date":"2014-04-14T07:26:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T07:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/?page_id=1520"},"modified":"2014-05-02T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T08:44:58","slug":"i-the-patron-saint-of-lost-causes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/?page_id=1520","title":{"rendered":"The Patron Saint of Lost Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1208 alignright\" alt=\"The Patron Saint of Lost Causes\" src=\"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/saint-jude-223x300.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/saint-jude-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/saint-jude-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/saint-jude.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>A slim finger of flame burns<br \/>\nfrom the top of his head.<br \/>\nThe Patron Saint of Lost Causes<br \/>\nsettles on the edge of your bed,<br \/>\nrearranges his robes.<br \/>\nThe shift in the mattress<br \/>\nwakes you from your sleep<br \/>\nin a room that smells of paint<br \/>\nand cardboard packing boxes.<br \/>\nFor a moment, it\u2019s no room<br \/>\nyou\u2019ve ever even seen before<br \/>\nand the Patron Saint of Lost Causes<br \/>\nis a candle on a birthday cake.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s here, he says,<br \/>\nto talk about your husband.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/?page_id=1517\">&lt; Back to the Patron Saints<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A slim finger of flame burns from the top of his head. The Patron Saint of Lost Causes settles on the edge of your bed, rearranges his robes. The shift in the mattress wakes you from your sleep in a room that smells of paint and cardboard packing boxes. For a moment, it\u2019s no room [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1517,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1520\/revisions\/1637"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomwarner.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}