Dear, The World that Wants me To Just Sit On My Ass and Not Get Paid for Writing
If I were to write a resignation letter, I would first tell you politely That I enjoy working. The arguments are sometimes bitter The pay could be good... for I am a writer. My last employment, I made 15 dollars an hour... Not bad, if I want to live with my parents until I'm old and gray. I raked my yard today, and enjoyed the process. I solved a math problem. I wrote some songs. I ate cheesecake, a burger and drank some Green Tea--- That tastes a little like dish water, for some reason. But I get stressed out easily, And my mind is a thing that does its best work slow And methodical, not in a race against time Or in competition against other people. I'm a little sloppy at everything I do. My best skill is tearing apart abstract concepts And putting them back together--- I tried to fold laundry, and nearly broke my hand At my last job. I got bit by a dog at the under the table gig. I got denied my job application because I know the Bible And put that as one of my accomplishments on my resume. I do not know what I have to do to earn an income from writing... I do not. But, I resign from the world, and all its systems. I simply believe on Christ Jesus, and nothing more. I read old books written by Menonites And I read old books written by First and Second Century Christians. I write and read about 10,000 words a day combined. I don't know what you expect from me. I truly don't. But I'm fine if you want me out on the streets and homeless. I'm fine if you want to take from me all I ever did. It's your fault. Not mine.
Mark 13:51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
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