{"id":2086,"date":"2024-06-14T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2024-07-10T09:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T09:48:05","slug":"the-ink-is-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/06\/14\/the-ink-is-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"The ink is dry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2024\/01\/Jo-Hawkins-2024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Jo Hawkins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2024\/01\/Jo-Hawkins-2024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2024\/01\/Jo-Hawkins-2024-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stop writing cries the invigilator<br \/>\nYour time is done.<br \/>\nToo much, never enough,<br \/>\nTime once so immutable a concept<br \/>\nSolid as air<br \/>\nSoftly blowing a breeze when<br \/>\nA hurricane hits<br \/>\nMoments gone in hours passed.<br \/>\nA metaphor or just an exam<br \/>\nI can\u2019t decide<br \/>\nAll I know is that the wind took<br \/>\nMy time and now I sit<br \/>\nAnd wonder where it went.<\/p>\n<p>Also by this author:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/05\/12\/dont-stare-at-the-light\/\">Don\u2019t stare at the light<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/03\/28\/preparing-for-the-apocalypse\/\">Preparing for the apocalypse<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/03\/05\/the-palliative-times-special-investigation-in-to-predatory-conferences\/\">The palliative times special investigation in to predatory conferences<\/a><br \/>\n<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 Stop writing cries the invigilator Your time is done. Too much, never enough, Time once so immutable a concept Solid as air Softly blowing a breeze when A hurricane hits Moments [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/06\/14\/the-ink-is-dry\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}