Best Workmates Poems

Written for Jan Allison, who then decided I should share it for poop verse afficionados.
True story, by the way.....

There are some jobs where heeding worker's safety is required
and during operations must be suitably attired
environmental hazards mean that everyone conforms
and wearing full length protection has now...

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This moment I've been awaiting for a number of years
To see ones heroes live see them crunching their gears
I'm on my way to Glasgow with workmates and friends
To finally see live their fantastic tracks they have penned

Anticipation now flows into the concert arena we await
It's...

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A 16 year old apprentice 
Fresh to working underground
Miners telling tragic stories
Of bodies never found .
Greenbach was a huge man 
Working only in his boots and belt 
For every scar on his naked body 
He had a horror story to tell.
Each designed to give nightmares
To...

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Are you sitting comfortably, children?
Because it's a long tale.....
Then I shall begin.

Arthur was a Mason, which in case you hadn't known
is a man who sands and chisels, making shapes from out of stone.
From animals to flowers there is nothing he can't make
and will make a...

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Just a few lines I hereby write to let you know
that I, in my entirety am still alive,
care I give, when with pen perceiving you so slow
the words upon these lines, just in time will arrive.
You will not know the house, when you come on...

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I swing into action
Armed with wine 
The spirit willing, really for anything
Watch the Drama

Fire in my eye, dry throat, cracking lip
I stammer a little, with Socratic confidence 
I am stinking of words, ammunition from hell
Most haunting jargon, charging and burning
Listen, you mortals
The making of a...

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GET OFF THE SHEETS
Dancing in the wild
Tossing in the deserts
Freaking in the woods
Cheering with the birds
A thunder in the midst
Shaking I open my eyes
It’s been a long night
I have to get off the sheets

Warm bath greets the day
Sweet breakfast down the throat
Another busy routine day...

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Who am I? 
I’m a mother, daughter, wife, and friend,
I’m a workmate, although sometimes have to pretend
To be happy,  smile, have fun
At times I just want to hide, maybe run
From people, work, situations,
I don’t know why, there are no explanations
I don’t like confrontations
Is this...

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In their wave-tossed boats, they are out to sea
Fishermen, the pride of our island
Seeking food or pleasure they may be
Their lone struggle may become a pain
Needing great skills in deep sea
Tearing in the teeth of gusts and rain
And tides as high as mountains
While worried wives...

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We rarely get to see our friends
When they are off at work.
We hear about their colleagues
Or their boss who is a jerk.

But picturing their office
Or wherever they’re employed
Isn’t something we spend time on –
(Not unless you’re Dr. Freud.)

So tonight was most intriguing.
I’d occasion to attend
A...

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Written by: Rodgers Ja Brown

Why you gassing dawg
Why you coming to my table without asking dawg
I know you hate me with a passion I ain't mad at y'all
Jealous and envy shall follow you
You stuck on my name tryna f*ck with it 
But I'm a big...

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UNCLE    JOHN

Uncle is hardly an adequate description 
For a man who in practically every way 
Acted as my father when I was small.
I have even started to look like him as I get older.
I didn’t appreciate him till long after he was...

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It’s really morbid, depressing, and sad,
at the gunpowder factory in town,
and the clean up is almost complete
since the factory was razed to the ground,
and here in the lounge of the tavern,
the inquiry’s about to begin,
‘cause this is where most of the workers, 
who witnessed what...

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Been accused of being a useless old clam
Better to be remembered as just a silly old man
To entertain my workmates
Till the boss says, “WAIT!”
Outputs reduced, but “they're a happier clan!”...

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No matter where you go,
Or what you do,
Christmas will catch up with you.

No matter where you hide,
With or without a guide, 
Christmas will be there before you.

Working through will not be enough of a reason,
To forego the season,
As Christmas has already caught up with your...

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