When the Plant Door Closes: Part Iii

and you register with all the temp agencies that you can, because there are no permanent jobs anymore--- there may have been when you started working at the plant, but all those possibilities have dried up with the rest of the well--- and while at home, you watch the television, seeing the pretty politicians in their clean & expensive suits speak of all their big ideas, which if you elect them in the oncoming year, they will make all your dreams come true--- but you’ve lived long enough to know that “the american dream” is nothing more than the maggot-ridden excrement that pops out of the mouths of those with money, when they ramble on about how this is the greatest country in the world. unlike them, whose pockets will continue to be filled, you have alcoholism, divorce, spousal abuse, substance abuse, and maybe even homelessness to look forward to--- and like anyone, all you wanted was to be happy--- you took it upon yourself to make your money & follow the rules of the country that you lived in--- you fulfilled all your obligations, you lived up to all your responsibilities, you walked the straight line, you did just what you were supposed to do. if only any of that mattered.