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Yesterday's Man

There's no sentiment in business 

loyalty counts for nothing at all

my employers couldn't care less

but there's no chance that I'll crawl

I'm nobody's whipping boy to hell with them 

they won't ware me down, no surrender 

these people are wrong, I'm not scum

I will protect my rights, I will always remember 

the thank you mate, I owe you one

can you stay late, change your holiday,

now those favours are forgotten all gone

but we're really sorry to let you go, they say

your experience has no consequence now

things have changed, we have progressed 

this is wrong, this is not right I can't allow 

this kind of oppression, or am I obsessed, 

just yesterdays man on the scrap heap,

all the hard work that they got so cheap.



Someone or something, replaceable.
Composed 20/03/2017.
Entered in never going to drag me down contest,
Sponsored by Julie Leigh Rodeheaver.

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Gregory Richard Barden Date: 10/17/2017 11:47:00 PM Very nicely done, Roy - kudos and cheers on your well-deserved win, dear poet - keep writing strong! :-) Login to Reply Roy Pett Date: 10/18/2017 7:06:00 AM Thank you very much Gregory for your very kind comment and congratulations much appreciated. :))

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 3/24/2017 4:41:00 AM - Ingratitude is a lack of compassion, Roy - Great written - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Roy Pett Date: 3/28/2017 5:16:00 AM Thank you very much Anne-Lise, totally agree with your comment, but there is no sentiment when they see a way of making more money, thanks again, Roy, :)

Chuck Melugin Date: 3/23/2017 9:33:00 AM Roy, Your words ring true throughout the centuries .Greed produces slaves! The almighty dollar is without virtue in the hands of greed and respect for life is nonexistent! A7 Ps If you get a chance, read Markham's, "The Man With The Hoe" My best to You. chuck Login to Reply Roy Pett Date: 3/23/2017 6:29:00 PM Thank you very much Chuck firstly for your very kind visit and awarding my poem a 7, also for directing me to Edwin Markhams poem which I have just read the man with the hoe and can relate, thanks again, Roy. :))

Kai Michael Neumann Date: 3/23/2017 2:44:00 AM How flipping unjust. capitalism and lack of empathy at its worst. Hope (if this is auto-biographical), that life has become kinder. Many wishes, Kai Login to Reply Roy Pett Date: 3/23/2017 4:03:00 AM Thank you very much Kai, totally agree greed has raised it's unsympathetic head again, loyalty is not a consideration when company owners want to line their own pockets, it is auto-biographical though I attempted to make it poetic, thanks again, Roy.

Probir Gupta Date: 3/21/2017 7:20:00 AM Very well expressed grouse most of us will agree to ... Read with interest ... Login to Reply Roy Pett Date: 3/21/2017 8:09:00 AM Thank you very much Probir, we give them our best years and then discarded without remorse, thanks for your support much appreciated, Roy.

Barry Stebbings Date: 3/21/2017 5:03:00 AM A lot of angst in there Roy. Probably a common experience. Well expressed. // Barry Login to Reply Roy Pett Date: 3/21/2017 5:28:00 AM Thank you very much Barry, you are quite right, wrote from personal experience within the last year, still life goes on, thanks again, Roy. :)