Best Work History Poems
Figures of immense reputation and popularity they were
Attracting public attention and admiration in the pursuit of their great works
Leaving behind them a legacy of some kind
But going with them their unique characters.
Wasn’t the explosion of Christianity the work of Jesus of Nazareth?
And the burst of Islam not the work of Muhammed of Mecca?
Neither will the admirable leadership of Julius Caesar;
Nor the conquests of the unlearned Charlemane,
And the military successes of Alexander the great,
Be forgotten in History.
If the British can forget Napoleon’s continental system
Jews then, would forget Hitler’s concentration camps
And history would entirely cease recalling his mentor Mussolini.
What if Carl Marx did not propound radical socialism?
Lenin then, would not have smashed the bourgeoisie and ruled Russia
Neither would the principles of Marxism-Leninism be sustained by Stalin
Nor would Churchill seal the border between the East and the West with an iron curtain.
A grave mistake it would be to forget Martin Luther King Jr.
For if he be forgotten, Mahatma Ghandi then would also be
And the entire movement of nonviolence
Will stop covering many pages of modern history books.
Had it not for Kwame Nkruma and Hastings Banda to cut the rope of colonialism
The ambitious Cecil Rhodes then,
Would have drained the whole continent of all its economic wealth.
The ascendancy of Nelson Mandela from the horizon of apartheid
Was not the beginning of Maximillien Robespierre’s reign of terror;
Characterized by avenges and reprisals
But the emergence of Abraham Lincoln’s true democracy.
What if Caesar were not butchered?
William Shakespeare then, would not have been the greatest playwright
Causing Charles Dickens and Chinua Achebe not to appear.
For the existence of a Jewish state, David Ben Gulion fought
But for the reemergence of a Palestinian state, Yasser Arafat strives.
she's not elderly
or of the working class
she's poor
but, not of the working poor
she's not young or old
just middle aged disabled
a baby boomer from the sixties
computer savvy
way too analytical
for her own good
deprived of a work history
no skills or experiences
just a head full of knowledge
and education
because she look lazy
or some other b/s in eyes of employers
looking to hold a girl back
from her dreams and hopes
of a successful life in her fifties
well established by her sixties
a fulfilling life
of accomplishments
and rewards
from her successes she coulda have
sitting down at their desk
they open up the manila folder of the recently
“let go” &
muster up the audacity
to draw up a psychological profile of said individuals
based on what little had been documented of the personal lives
of these ex-employees &
the work history which was exemplified
prior to being cast out
into the garbage can
(the US labor pool).
still to this day,
s/he finds it interesting that those who fill a gym bag with
weapons &
then walk into their past place of employment with a list &
a trigger-happy finger,
were laid off or fired
a few days before.
it makes you wonder if the threat assessor has ever been fired,
laid off or “let go” from a job---
certainly they take their place with the movers & the shakers in this country
who get to choose when they leave
as opposed to getting flushed down the toilet.
the workplace threat assessor may be able to pinpoint
who caused said workers the most frustration,
they may even be able to make a list of those most likely to be
targeted, if anything went haywire,
however,
outside the place of work,
they are useless.
why the authority figures at corporations or
head honchos at smaller places of employment
feel that they are somehow untouchable,
simply because they have an assessor working for them
at the work place,
should amaze the rest of us.
if you contribute to the destruction of one’s life,
then you may feel the boomerang come back around &
slam you right in the neck---
and it is especially easy to act so impulsively
when you have nothing to lose,
now that everything has been taken away.
Commitment
Miracle Man
7/18/2022
Life has taught me that commitment counts,
covering up mistakes and the rework mounts.
I unknowingly sign my name to each task I do,
should compliments come I’ll humbly thank you.
I’ve often been told some mistakes you can’t see,
seems unimportant things only matter to me.
I can’t recall doing a task just to get it done,
and I believe my work history was second to none.
Life is a test,
always do your best.
Tom
Vein swollen, weathered hands are the history of one’s occupation.
3/30/19
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