{"id":3361,"date":"2026-11-13T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zyxwvvwxyz.com\/wordpress\/the-crooked-bus-and-other-stories\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:04:56","slug":"the-crooked-bus-and-other-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zyxwvvwxyz.com\/wordpress\/the-crooked-bus-and-other-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crooked Bus and Other Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out and about in the city: a bus that can&#8217;t quite drive straight, a weather vane that won&#8217;t stop spinning, two seagulls on a ledge and a street corner gone neon green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"151\" height=\"144\" data-id=\"1588\" 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