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Why Should I Give You a Dollar

A man came up to me at the railway station and yelled at me "give me a dollar" I yelled back "No" Taking a seat beside the track he came up and pretended to be a different person asking "why didn't you give that man a dollar" I replied "I got up this mornng at five thirty I've worked a double shift, it's now ten o'clock at night I'm going home, I've got a mortgage and lots of other problems, why should I give him a dollar, I've worked hard for my wage why can't he work hard for his kids sit on unemployment benefits they lie to get more money surely they could get a job and earn a wage to be proud of themselves with a job come's self respect, with a job come's your parents respect, with a job you don't have to ask for my dollar".

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 10/13/2015 10:24:00 AM
Food for thought mixed with pleasure.
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Date: 9/9/2015 2:23:00 PM
Bernard, thank you for sharing. A pleasure to read... SKAT
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Date: 8/30/2015 2:01:00 PM
I like the message in this poem. Well told. You might need to run the spell check on this (mortgage). : ) Nice write
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