{"id":227,"date":"2026-05-24T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/?p=227"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:23:33","slug":"227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDad &#8211; Could I Have A Word?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Who would you like to talk to soon?<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/82c5a840-ce5b-4ddf-9ef2-5c866438d257-955x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/82c5a840-ce5b-4ddf-9ef2-5c866438d257-955x1024.png 955w, https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/82c5a840-ce5b-4ddf-9ef2-5c866438d257-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/82c5a840-ce5b-4ddf-9ef2-5c866438d257-768x824.png 768w, https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/82c5a840-ce5b-4ddf-9ef2-5c866438d257.png 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dad<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dad &#8211; could I have a word? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m in a tight spot again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I need you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can I come and see you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In forty years? Fifty? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too late. I\u2019ll be done by then\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t get this wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tell you what, come down and see me. Just five minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDad &#8211; could I have a word?\u201d<br \/>\nA short poem; time, and the conversations we never stop needing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,16,43],"tags":[44,45],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grief","category-life","category-loss","tag-dailyprompt","tag-dailyprompt-1948"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/82c5a840-ce5b-4ddf-9ef2-5c866438d257.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sloitlyonthehuh.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}