Blue Collar, White Collar

Blue collar school,
Blue collar play,
Blue collar children,
Blue collar praise,
Blue collar words,
Blue collar phrased,
Blue collar work,
Blue collar pay,
Blue collar union,
Blue collar say,
Blue collar terraced,
Blue collar glazed,
Blue collar town,
Blue collar ways,
Blue collar nights,
Blue collar days,
Blue collar skies,
Blue collar greys.


White collar night school,
White collar college days,
White collar degree,
White collar knowledge pays,
White collar nine-to-five,
White collar maze,
White collar union,
White collar raise,
White collar semi,
White collar double glazed,
White collar mowed lawn,
White collar baize,
White collar supper time,
White collar bordelaise,
White collar children,
White collar praise,
While collar world,
White collar haze.

Blue Collar, White Collar,
Whatever we might say,
We can’t forget those Blue collar days,
We can’t change all our Blue collar ways.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Greenhough Avatar
May 23, 2024 at 6:15 PM
This is interesting. It assumes we start as blue collar. This may be close to true. I think onward.
Challender Avatar
May 24, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Hi Hilda. Well I'm reflecting on work & family life. How did I get from there to here? I've used poetic licence (no bordelaise suppers & no baize lawn at our house!) but the poem is based on real life changes, moving forward, carrying the past, never completely leaving the past behind. Many thanks for taking the trouble to read and comment. Take care.
Rodrigues Avatar
May 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Very cool!
Challender Avatar
May 22, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Many thanks for the positive feedback Kim! So glad you like it :)
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