{"id":2137,"date":"2023-11-26T20:31:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2137"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:04:45","slug":"the-drink-of-the-gods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-drink-of-the-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"The drink of the gods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The drink of the gods<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on December 8, 2007.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nBefore I start the day I find<br \/>\nA cup of tea is on my mind<br \/>\nWhen cereal I come to eat<br \/>\nAnother cuppa tastes as sweet<br \/>\nArrive at work, and make a pot<br \/>\nStart working while the brew is hot<br \/>\nAn hour passes, maybe less<br \/>\nWhat will I have, I think you&#8217;ll guess<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re smart you&#8217;ll have a hunch<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll have one more before I lunch<br \/>\nAt Andrew&#8217;s Cafe the tea they serve<br \/>\nIs given less praise then they deserve<br \/>\nWhat ever I order I&#8217;ll wash it down<br \/>\nWith mighty cha so rich and brown<br \/>\nTo stretch my legs I&#8217;ll walk a while<br \/>\nThen back for a tea to make me smile<br \/>\nAnother cup, or two, or three<br \/>\nBefore it&#8217;s time for home for me<br \/>\nI make a phone call from the train<br \/>\n&#8220;The usual&#8221; is my refrain<br \/>\nDuring the evening, again before bed<br \/>\nThe thought of tea may enter my head<br \/>\nThe first thing I want at the start of each day?<br \/>\nA hot cup of tea is the only true way!<br \/>\n Author notes<br \/>\nAnd on that subject, the kettle&#8217;s on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drink of the gods by cricketjeff on December 8, 2007.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved Before I start the day I find A cup of tea is on my mind When cereal I come to eat Another cuppa tastes as sweet Arrive at work, and make a pot Start working while the brew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9371,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2137\/revisions\/9371"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}