{"id":1205,"date":"2020-03-05T12:12:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2020-03-05T12:24:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:24:25","slug":"hanging-out-the-washing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1205","title":{"rendered":"Hanging Out the Washing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Some guys have all the luck&#8230;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was given my instructions as the wife drove away<br \/>\nTo hang out some washing, it was a good drying day;<br \/>\nShe assured me I&#8217;d cope, it was a simple enough task,<br \/>\nAnything more challenging then she just wouldn\u2019t ask.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TPOTG-Hanging-Out-The-Washing-01.jpg\" alt=\"tpotg-hanging-out-the-washing-01\" width=\"544\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TPOTG-Hanging-Out-The-Washing-01.jpg 830w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TPOTG-Hanging-Out-The-Washing-01-300x137.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TPOTG-Hanging-Out-The-Washing-01-768x352.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TPOTG-Hanging-Out-The-Washing-01-644x295.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now there\u2019s something therapeutic about pegging out clothes,<br \/>\nWorking out logically where each item goes;<br \/>\nAllowing enough space so that clothes can blow free,<br \/>\nAnd won\u2019t get all tangled, bringing misery to me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finding a place on the line that looks just about right,<br \/>\nMaking sure the pegs are fixed, good and tight;<br \/>\nThe satisfaction when finished of a line neatly hung,<br \/>\nFrom life\u2019s little pleasures such joy can be wrung.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01.jpg\" alt=\"TOOTG Copyright 2016-2020 01\" width=\"161\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01.jpg 5000w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-644x386.jpg 644w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-1200x720.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some guys have all the luck&#8230;. I was given my instructions as the wife drove away To hang out some washing, it was a good drying day; She assured me I&#8217;d cope, it was a simple enough task, Anything more challenging then she just wouldn\u2019t ask. 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