{"id":63489,"date":"2020-06-27T11:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=63489"},"modified":"2020-06-27T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:16:06","slug":"prompt-three-3-ive-got-problems-hour-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/prompt-three-3-ive-got-problems-hour-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt Three (3): I’ve Got Problems [Hour 3]"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve Got Problems<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

What the virus brought to me…<\/h4>\n

It brought more complaints;
\nGet a job! A real job!
\nWait, I am high risk for the virus…
\nAnd I do have a job, it just doesn’t pay!
\nI’ve got problems!<\/p>\n

What made you think I wanted that…<\/h4>\n

A real job. What’s that?<\/p>\n

What I do is real, just artsy.<\/p>\n

Some make thousands, some make millions…<\/p>\n

Some make none …<\/p>\n

It does not denote lack of talent;<\/p>\n

A lack of money, indeed!<\/p>\n

I’ve got problems!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And now the virus has brought me…<\/h4>\n

A surprising answer;<\/p>\n

A stipend, for us in the arts…<\/p>\n

Strangely, the virus brought me a lot;<\/p>\n

I have worked hard for it …<\/p>\n

I’ve got a solution!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Note: Not sure this is correct. And not my favorite, if I get an idea later, may try another. Anyway, through it all. I received, finally, unemployment for the first time in years! I have had not had a regular job in years — and just a worked on my own. Sometimes making a few bucks, not even enough to have to file taxes. And this virus, luckily for people like me . . . and pretty much the only good thing about such an terrible illness … is giving unemployment to us “gig workers” in the arts. Still waiting for my stimulus check, though.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve Got Problems What the virus brought to me… It brought more complaints; Get a job! A real job! Wait, I am high risk for the virus… And I do have a job, it just doesn’t pay! I’ve got problems! What made you think I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":745,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,2114,1136,441,5],"tags":[3442,3138,3534,1628,3537,3536,3535],"class_list":["post-63489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-musings","category-official-marathon-announcement","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-poetry-prompt-responses","category-poetry-prompts","tag-2020poetrymarathon","tag-angela-theresa-egic","tag-bop","tag-prompt","tag-the-arts","tag-unemployment","tag-virus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/745"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63489"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63670,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63489\/revisions\/63670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}