Staying Put
My job moved west,
and they didn't take me
They took my sister and my nephew
Said they had certain skills very few do,
and even fewer do well
One pitches big developer dreams,
one catches lonely hearts at casino hotels
Company said they no longer needed me,
got phased out by automation
But a robot doesn't have to feed a wife and baby
Got more bad news ...
My wife moved south,
and she didn't take me
She took the baby,
and the Corinthian leather couch
Said she wished she never married me,
and cleaned our joint bank account out
I didn't argue with her,
I didn't put up much of a fight
Maybe there might be a little good news
in all of this
Things just might be starting to swing right
After my brief smile, I got some more really bad news ...
The bio daddy took his baby from my wife,
and moved east
He didn't even try to take squat from me
Now she's down south crying tears,
and he's east downing lager beers
The baby is probably with her alcoholic grandmother,
thinking about it just makes me shudder
Dysfunctional families
tend never to stay together,
nor can they ever be truly
one big happy
But one thought is golden ---
Staying put might earn me
a trip to the poor house
tax free
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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