{"id":597,"date":"2020-09-27T08:36:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T08:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2020-09-27T08:38:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T08:38:11","slug":"late-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/late-again\/597\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/late-again-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/late-again-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/late-again-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/late-again-1.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You fumble for your mobile. \u201cBoss. 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