{"id":1030,"date":"2021-08-01T09:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2021-08-01T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T03:05:20","slug":"entitled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/08\/01\/entitled\/","title":{"rendered":"Entitled"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Entitled<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEntitlement\u201d needs a
\npress agent and
\nI\u2019m applying for
\nthe job.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with
\nyou.<\/p>\n

In spite of
\nbad press
\nto the contrary,
\nyou are entitled
\nto be
\nentitled.<\/p>\n

Let me
\ncount the ways, or
\nat least
\na few of them.<\/p>\n

You are entitled
\nto prefer a
\nmotel bed and a
\nrundown dive
\ndiner and a
\nwaitress named
\nBeatrice<\/p>\n

to a backpack
\nand a campfire
\nand a tent.<\/p>\n

You are entitled
\nto stoke your
\nsoul
\nat the
\nSpotted Cat Club
\non Frenchmen Street,
\nlistening to
\nTrombone Shorty
\nand
\nLeroy Jones,<\/p>\n

instead of
\nhiking the
\nPacific Crest.<\/p>\n

You are entitled
\nto sit, alone,
\non the business end
\nof your couch
\npotato patch,
\nwaiting,
\nbecause you have
\na poem to write
\nand
\nyour Muse
\nis running late,<\/p>\n

instead of
\ngoing to Roger\u2019s
\nSuper Bowl hangout, or
\nmowing the lawn or
\nre-ordering
\nthe garage.<\/p>\n

Or vice versa,
\nor all of it,
\nor nothing at all,
\nfor a day or
\na week or
\na year.<\/p>\n

You are entitled
\nto be
\nyou.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Vidit Goswami, UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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