Tied To a Screen

Wending my way, as one asleep
    through my listless routine
  grinding away the hours
    a money machine

  In my mind, not much unforeseen
    'tween eight in the morn
  and five afternoon
    weary eyes tied to a screen

  Hearing the bell, I leap for joy
    run, scream and shout
  from my cage newly sprung
    come alive ~ to let the real me out
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Date: 10/5/2022 8:50:00 PM
Very nice to be free of work… for the man, that is…
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:52:00 PM
Exactly, Jeff -- only I was thinking... 'for the woman,' that is...
Date: 10/5/2022 8:37:00 PM
Free at last.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:43:00 PM
Shades of Willy Loman, eh?!... Thanks Shirley, and here's to freedom. :) gw
Date: 10/5/2022 7:01:00 PM
Yes, to let the real you out! God bless!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:16:00 PM
'Course, I didn't finish the poem... So, once I was out of the cage, my boss shoved me back in for a little 'O.T.' ~ Flying under the Cuckoo's Nest
Date: 10/5/2022 9:03:00 AM
My question: do you wear yellow-tint lens to protect your eyes? I don't. We should. At least that's what I read. So you're like a bird in cage until 5 o'clock. Just don't wish for Fridays. That will make you grow OLD!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:18:00 PM
Yellow tint glasses, eh?! Worth a try. Thanks for the tip, Anne... O.K., Vinnie, Crank up the yellow lights, will you?! (I work in a cubbie off of a Broadway stage... And King Charles is actually African-American too... just like Biden is Puerto-Rican now)... lol. Thanks, Ann
Date: 10/5/2022 4:49:00 AM
Being "imprisoned" from 8 to 5 is no joke, Gershon! The real you will emerge once you retire from work and become your own boss :) @ Regards // paul
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:26:00 PM
Actually, I am retired and so glad to be... Just wrote this 'in memoriam,' so to speak. ... And as you predicted, the real me has indeed emerged: As my wife has noticed -- 'Get out of bed, you lazy bum, and take out the garbage, will you?!' (Just kidding. My wife would never say anything like that). ~ Happy Husband
Date: 10/4/2022 9:05:00 PM
Sounds like a job to me, Gershon. I glad we get to see the real you here at the soup. Have a great week! Bill
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:32:00 PM
Well, perhaps the 'real me' is the one chained to the screen, Bill. ~ Written from the dog-house in the back yard...
Date: 10/4/2022 8:35:00 PM
Yes watching the stock market brings out who we really are at heart.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:34:00 PM
Not for the faint-of-heart these days, daily stock market watching, that is... Good point, Michael!
Date: 10/4/2022 6:23:00 PM
Oh, how anyone who works 9 to 5 must relate to this poem, gw. Excellent.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2022 8:38:00 PM
Yes, even the 8 - 4:30 p.m. crowd can probably relate. Mr. Numbers
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