Monday, January 6, 2014

The Dismal Science



The Dismal Science


Too many bodies

too few jobs

high demand

short supply

Line up call

in the cold rain

peddling their skills


Trying to look desirable

like desperate whores
looking to score
a measly paycheck

They just want to work

they are not bums

they have worth too 

they dream of becoming

one of

the 
luckily employed

The line keeps growing

The trail grows cold

on the desperate wall

as the parade stalls

Disappointed faces

disperse into the gloom

Come back tomorrow

bring a better rap

None of us worker bees

qualify

as too big to fail

Just please don't bullshit me

about our improving economy    





4 comments:

  1. This is excellent. There's a reason this is happening. Have you looked at who's structured as the perceived up and coming rising Super Powers? If you pull out the globe, point east and everything looks red. I've not posted this as it's much too frightening for Americans to see. People going offshore for a reason. It's time to start burring money in coffee cans again. It's conomics man.

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    1. Thanks for the kind words even though the subject is depressing...I just wish our government would stop blowing smoke up our ass about this false recovery

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  2. Excellent piece Steve.
    True to the bone. I know what you mean. Our economy is far from improving and people keep spinning lies. There is no work anywhere and things are going in a downward spiral.. but who understands.

    The way you weave your words amazes me every time!

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    1. Thanks Nada... I feel so bad for the young people who are leaving school with so few good jobs awaiting them

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