{"id":1688,"date":"2023-11-17T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2023-11-17T19:44:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:44:32","slug":"stephensblog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/?p=1688","title":{"rendered":"Stephen&#8217;sblog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Newsletter Readers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s edition of our newsletter and I hope it finds you all in excellent spirits. &nbsp;It\u2019s been quite a while since I\u2019ve contributed to our weekly offering and as I\u2019ve been thinking to get back into writing a few lines of poetry, I thought I would put something of a short poem together just to get myself back up and running.&nbsp; And what better place to start than writing a poem about work, in this case leaving my workplace.&nbsp; Until next week, keep safe and enjoy the weekend ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Leaving work<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>I tick what I\u2019ve done off my jobs to do list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I check back through it to see if any ticks have been missed.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I change from my work into my going home clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look around to see if there are any items of rubbish of which I need to dispose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I gather up the unwashed lunchtime cups and dishes left on the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I return them to their residing place washed and undried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I close the window blinds to a cold, rain sodden dark and dreary day. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look around reminiscently at the place in which I\u2019ve earned my day\u2019s pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I turn off the lights and pick my bag up off the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I open and then double check to make sure I\u2019ve locked the office door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I relieve myself, flash my face at the toilet mirror and give my hair a finger comb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I switch the security alarm on, have a last look in the postbox and then take a slow pondering stroll home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Newsletter Readers, Welcome to this week\u2019s edition of our newsletter and I hope it finds you all in excel&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stephens-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}