{"id":7082,"date":"2025-05-16T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7082"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:23:08","slug":"poem-acquit-my-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/16\/poem-acquit-my-job\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Acquit My J\u014db"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I quit my “regular” job two decades ago, I totally underestimated the quantum leap in my quality of life. Even with poverty-level earnings for decades, and that first decade with no health insurance, I felt that I won the life lottery. It took me years to realize that many people who heard this stood in quiet horror, viewing me as an epic cautionary tale, the precise thing to be avoided in life. So, I wrote a poem about it, cuz it’s what I due now that I have hole sale de-monetized my life.<\/p>\n

Acquit My J\u014db<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I ex-tolled
\nWith evangelical fervor
\nAnew life
\nHaving one
\nThe lottery
\nAnd decidedly jocund me
\nSnorting align of my values
\nWith such glorious aside affects
\nWafting into voluntary
\nPoverty decongesting my knows
\nAs udder inter dependency
\nWon love
\nThat gentlest bed rock
\nReveling in amor
\nBe dazzling
\nThat tough sell reliance
\nThen in escapably
\nThose come to pass
\nBuy enlarge saying
\nA posit
\nThat I am
\nIn point of fact
\nA terrible paper tiger
\nChasing won\u2019s cautionary tale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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