A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Thursday, February 22, 2018

NOTICE.

As revenues continue, fall -
or actually, were never there
at all - but expectations rise

for what I get
for all these eyes
for what I've done, such
hard and dedicated work
for nothing,

is no longer acceptable.
I
make a plea to you, donate? and say
I might be
putting up a paywall.
Putting up a paywall.
Putting up a paywall,
I know you don't want to see
paywalls going up all over
everywhere that once was free?
The thing to do is pay me,
voluntarily. That
could halt
this paywall trend in its tracks,
right here. At least if you
and others like you enough
to kick in. Like and share
Please. Be fair

Competition demands to be paid
It's not about hard work for nothing
just to be noticed and then
no jackpot. Thousands and hundreds
of thousands and millions, the entire
audience of content producers
thronging and clamoring and

networking hoping to be noticed,

recognized, and thanked
liked, viewed
(where it counts)
shared: promoted, supported! For free
by unpaid fans just because they
validate you
for what you're doing!
This proves

you are real.

The next step is to be paid.
Unacceptable, to have the whole world
coming round to see you work hard
for nothing, just to be noticed!

What they notice is you being exploited
by yourself for no benefit! You've become
notorious for it, and

It sends the wrong message,
not just about you but about
everyone else, doing the exact
same thing. A new model
would be exciting - which
is what we need, so
just be aware I might be
putting up a paywall,

if people keep coming around
expecting to notice
me doing hard work for nothing.
That's the last thing I want
them to notice.

And I won't be the only one!
Not all of us, but the best,
arguably, of us - the ones who refuse
the continuing model of scrambling
and thronging desperately to be noticed
at any cost, with no jackpot once we finally are
- which begs the outrageous question be asked
"Why were we doing it?" Don't be surprised,
to see the best of us,

who always gave you such great good for free,
go away.
Put up a paywall, and hide behind it. We swear
you will miss out
so much.
We'll be working twice as hard back there,
to be noticed behind that wall, and

you'll never know.
You don't want that

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