{"id":35321,"title":"Farewell, England","description":"Matteo Delred's visual art and poetry captures the essence of suburban life on the outskirts of London, blending the mundane with introspective moments.","content":"

Visual art and poetry by Matteo Delred.<\/p>

\"pdy0zclecfk6gqlgadgu0yb5gy83lbdhllhvy46mqmvbdamn.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&v=2\"I lived on the outskirts of London,<\/p>

a mixture of suburb and woodland.<\/p>

My friends and I used to say, \u201cwe are going uptown,\u201d<\/p>

meaning anywhere more interesting than here,<\/p>

somewhere that we had to get a night bus back.<\/p>

The early morning trawler that scraped up<\/p>

the nocturnal along the meandering bus route,<\/p>

to a bleary-eyed saunter, sobering against the sunlight.<\/p>

\"g3hqdks6dy7zalxec8xas0nyyni57pf9woaxk5zcwxknka2v.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&v=2\"I had a walk in the woodland.<\/p>

I drank a coffee, and watched the ducks.<\/p>

I saw an ungraceful squirrel fall over.<\/p>

I sat on a bench named after a dead man.<\/p>

A little alcove, protected me from the elements,<\/p>

but still in it. Today, feels like a quieter day.<\/p>

I like this weather; it\u2019s that good kind of cold<\/p>

that keeps you awake to the world.<\/p>

\"pxuebiiikyzfoxakoxl2ecb7faxaeyeunenbalclnmt1kajd.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&v=2\"There was a bridge over a train track.<\/p>

I used to think it was bad luck<\/p>

to cross when a train went underneath.<\/p>

I was asked once if I was scared,<\/p>

because I stopped as it shook,<\/p>

but I said, \u201conly of things I can\u2019t see.\u201d<\/p>

The world to me is like swimming in deep water.<\/p>

I tread lightly.<\/p>

\"lweh3wt0kewx4fkjdcg2fuxj3f0ux7ov0hw7cuygpijydukw.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&v=2\"The time it took to feel the drag,<\/p>

was put out like a cigarette with the peck.<\/p>

As the embers burn, we are cut loose,<\/p>

unfurled sleeves rolled after the grind.<\/p>

I\u2019m working on the basis of incremental success,<\/p>

but yes, I probably did overstuff the omelette that broke.<\/p>

And no, I didn\u2019t shoehorn the conversation to get a leg-up,<\/p>

I should stay mute in this moat I made myself,<\/p>

with cold feet <\/p>

and not enough to go around,<\/p>

either side of the fence breaking ground.<\/p>

When everything changed and then nothing did,<\/p>

have we reached the new homeostasis,<\/p>

where this is our version of always having Paris?<\/p>

Here\u2019s looking at you, as I mature from being a, kid.<\/p>","urlTitle":"farewell-england","url":"\/blog\/farewell-england\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/farewell-england\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/lostcampitos.com\/blog\/farewell-england\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1704723863,"updatedAt":1705739001,"publishedAt":1705739001,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":209850,"name":"Lost Campitos"},"tags":[{"id":2886,"code":"matteo","name":"Matteo","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/matteo\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/htuffysqyfwqmcqgaltgbqyagtbeq7urhpblqlwly25ckskn.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/htuffysqyfwqmcqgaltgbqyagtbeq7urhpblqlwly25ckskn.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/htuffysqyfwqmcqgaltgbqyagtbeq7urhpblqlwly25ckskn.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"Farewell, England","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":24851,"title":"Love","url":"\/blog\/love\/","urlTitle":"love","division":209850,"description":"Artist Matteo Delred and writer Rebecca Mar\u00eda reflect on love. Exploring different types of love, as defined by the Ancient Greeks.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/umrjnxs7qyv4mmajjpiopam85mxhwjzxx4c4dkt4pztfvz5q.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/umrjnxs7qyv4mmajjpiopam85mxhwjzxx4c4dkt4pztfvz5q.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":24941,"title":"Catching On the Fly","url":"\/blog\/catching-on-the-fly\/","urlTitle":"catching-on-the-fly","division":209850,"description":"Writer, Rebecca W Morris, and Photographer, Matteo Delred, capture thoughts and images at the train stops from Jerez de la Frontera to Cadiz on the Cercanias trainline. For each stop, one piece of writing is written and one photo is chosen. Seeing the same things they\u2019d seen so many times, but with new eyes.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/hxf4vqbdejmlykd3ffgu1m8pfwvwi6xgvo0kqtnu50cygkce.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/hxf4vqbdejmlykd3ffgu1m8pfwvwi6xgvo0kqtnu50cygkce.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":25084,"title":"Listening To the Birdsong From My Caged Window","url":"\/blog\/listening-to-the-birdsong-from-my-caged-window\/","urlTitle":"listening-to-the-birdsong-from-my-caged-window","division":209850,"description":"Matteo Delred and Rebecca W Morris capture the urban melancholy of being separated from the natural world through poetry and photography.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/7txvyg55ntk060bcks3mlugsnxi48onvirhfqfsftpnzp0ov.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/7txvyg55ntk060bcks3mlugsnxi48onvirhfqfsftpnzp0ov.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}