Poetry and Work

Poetry and work I sit here in front of the computer, thinking I dislike rhyming poetry it goes on my nerves Repetitive words to make it sound classical, and who Decide what classical or mere writing is? We admire some poems because we have them as pensum at school, we learned by heart, but there is no reason Kipling should be taught in Sweden unless one happens to like reading for its own sake. I think the verb “verb” should be erased from the language and replaced with activities we like to perform. Let robots do the cement mixing when building a house and leave the design to architects who love their calling. For years I worked on ships and the hours were long and let life slips by, how regrettable it is now this boredom of doing- for money- what I disliked. We are all whores renting out our body and soul to exist, be promised a pension that is paltry to be free to go touring only to find we lack the energy, the work had robbed us from learning anything enriching for our well-being.