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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Lord, can you please save us (poem)



International Poet of Merit
Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence

Lord, can you please save us


They work us non-stop and down to the bone

They spy on us and never leave us alone

For all their sins they will never atone

Lord, can you please save us/me


They keep assuring us that their motives are pure

But I’m not sure how much more I can endure

None of this mess was in the brochure

Lord, can you please save us/me


We call it slavery, they call it work

They cut back our hours, remove all our perks

When you bring up Unions, they just go Berserk

Lord, can you please save us/me


We put in the hours that make them all rich

In the end, you’ll be face down in a ditch

Cursing the name of that son of a bitch

Lord, can you please save us/me


They promised me a pension, when I still had my mind

They never listen, makes me feel like a mime

They steal my wages, put me on part-time

Lord, can you please save us/me


They watch you suffer, they watch you get old

They’ll toss you out in winter, to watch you get cold

To our poverty, they wear a blindfold

Lord, can you please save us/me


All I can afford is this bedbug motel

This didn’t sit pretty with the Mademoiselle

She left me cold, it was a bitter farewell

Lord, can you please save us/me


The children are hungry, their little voices do cry

The politicians in the capitol never care why

Their too busy celebrating the Fourth of July

Lord, can you please save us/me


This is not how I wanted things to be

Listening to their lies right on the TV

It won’t be long until they come after me

Lord, can you please save us/me


Now, mark my words, do not misconstrue

All we are asking is to give us our due

But all they ever offer is a Big F*ck You

Lord, can you please save us/me


https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

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A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”


 

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