Kate Hoffner Poet Rhyme

Ode To the Unemployed

The dollar store around the block, I didn’t have a buck
McDonalds had a happy meal , I was out of luck
The ATM was putting out, my PIN was incorrect
My bank account was overdrawn, I couldn’t write a check
My car was running empty and my credit card declined
VISA called and left a message wanting to remind
The unemployment office said I’m ineligible to receive
The resumes that I sent last week no one will ever read
The doctor’s office said to me I am uninsured
The treatment that’s required, you cannot afford
My FICO score is falling, I cannot get a loan
I cannot pay the mortgage, and soon won’t have a home
My stomach is so hungry, it’s waiting for a meal
The dumpster is in lockdown, I cannot break the seal
The lottery that I didn’t win, The slot machine was cold
The metal detector’s on the brink, I can’t find any gold
The foodbank was depleted, the soup kitchen was closed
The shelter overloaded, the sidewalk overflowed
Comcast just around the block, I could not connect
K-Mart on the boulevard, they had no respect
Walmart down the corner, I wasn’t qualified
Starbucks full of young adults, middle aged need not apply
The hotel was hiring housekeepers, bilingual I was not
Hooter’s at the strip mall, I didn’t have a shot

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Skat A June 25, 2016 at 11:25 PM KATE, enjoyed reading your poem, thank you for sharing your thoughts through words. *SKAT*

Sheol Moribund September 30, 2011 at 3:18 PM Bravo Kate: Fantastic and heart breaking poem (I was recently laid-off). Keep writing. PEACE!

Steven Cooke September 23, 2011 at 3:49 PM like this a lot. so true in this economic climate, even worse in england, people with university degrees cant even get minimum wage jobs. still great poetry, musnt grumble.

Tony Lane September 23, 2011 at 3:24 PM Good one Kate. It's nice to see a sense of humor. Tony

Carol Sunshine Brown September 23, 2011 at 2:19 PM A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you this morning Kate. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol

Ilene Bauer September 23, 2011 at 12:54 PM clever and nicely flowing. i hope i was supposed to see the humor in this, although for many (hopefully, no one you know) this has a lot of truth in it.