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Click hereThe days are long
and last halfway through the night.
Driver's ed and two jobs
none I particularly like.
Going everyday just to stay afloat
to maintain my independence.
They may break my back
but I'm still standing.
…Don’t expect any help
I can just hear a voice of a protest singer (may be not nowadays anymore) singing as if a hymn, the wrongs of the bare naked system which gives every one the equal freedom to work two three shift just so that you don’t drown. And if you are sick - be our guest, at any time you can freeze under the bridge (just don’t be seen, and don’t disturb the pedestrians).
This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 34,500 poems.
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A quiet plea for better times ~ how many are barely staying afloat by working several jobs.
I wonder how many are in that same predicament - I know of a few myself.