A Poem About Our Work
Americans give their entire lives, to bosses who don’t care about them.
We adjust our lives to make room for 40 plus hours devoted to them.
We neglect our health, our spirits, our souls, and our families for them.
We buy special clothes, and behave in special ways to please them.
We pay child care, and buy cars to make sure we are able to serve them.
Everything is ruled by some employer. It’s all controlled by them.
We get up at the sound of a bell to make sure we get to work for them.
We scarf down garbage to make sure we can make it through for them.
We rush and rush to not get fired for being late so we can work for them.
We are supposed to be totally focused and dedicated all for them.
We work hard to get a little break, then rush to give even more to them.
We eat a garbage lunch, getting fat, so we can get back to serve them.
We get off at the exact time to crawl through the crowd just for them.
We spend a few moments it seems relaxing with family without them.
We go to bed exhausted to make sure we are ready to go and serve them.
We awake and can barely sleep with a heart full of trouble about them.
These employers do not care about us. We are just a number to them.
They think our measly pay covers the off the clock things we do for them.
We live with constant threats of losing our jobs if we disappoint them.
We worry about our children and losing everything on a whim from them.
We have no protections or respect. The laws are twisted for them.
We are broke and barely get by, working to build up wealth for them.
But, if we take time off or ask for a raise or a lump of coal, it insults them.
Then people realize it’s a dead end life, working and serving them.
So all these employers wonder why no one wants to work for them.
We need change. We need better pay, benefits, and time to live for us.
Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ His newest book is called “The Future is Coming” and is a collection of dystopian short stories.
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Very true!
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