Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

What If They Quit What Will Happen To Us

What if they Quit? What will Happen to Us?
We depend on so many to bake and cook our food
To keep us in fashion, to teach our children, to keep museums open
But what if the masses decide it is not worth it?

What if the truck drivers all go on strike?
What if the school teachers say, “we are not returning?”
What if the cooks call in sick and retire?

We depend on so many we do not see.
Things get finished by invisible people
Who work diligently to keep litter out of parks.

To keep the oceans clean, to keep track of our money.
We depend on people we have never met.
What if they quit? What will happen to us?

What if the restaurants close and there are no notes on the door?
What if hoarders buy up all the toilet paper?
Who is going to keep track of us? Who is going to save us? Who?

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L Milton Hankins November 3, 2021 at 8:00 PM You've asked some very good questions, but I suspect we'll make do. We always do. And, I think if employers show their appreciation more, paid decent, living wages, and honored their employees honest needs, most would not quit. Oh, well, I'll get off my soapbox. Remember, when Reagan fired the flight controllers, the airlines didn't fold. Caren Krutsinger November 4, 2021 at 12:53 AM That is true; weirdly enough we expected them to though.

Anselmo Boles November 3, 2021 at 4:31 PM If it happens, then humans will become farmers and hunters/gatherers once more. Back to the simple, beautiful and peaceful worldly existence. Good valid questions Caren!...ab Caren Krutsinger November 4, 2021 at 12:53 AM We might have to, and I am ready. I grew up around women who canned food all summer.

M. L. Kiser November 3, 2021 at 4:16 PM Um...Underdog? No, scratch that one; Superman? No, he's getting too old; okay, okay, I'm not banking on any politician to save us...that's for sure. Caren Krutsinger November 4, 2021 at 12:54 AM I think we are going to have to vote for some YOUNGER people next time; what is this about the old that appeals to us? It does not appeal to me and I am one of them.