Federate Poems | Examples

Fed Up

Fed Up (with the Shutdown)



Go to work everyday,
but I don’t get paid
MasterCard creditor chain letters
said I was a New America
	    debt slave

Was Union told the Federate zeroes
on my paycheck is retroactive
Ain’t got no money to buy food tho’ ... 
guess I have to survive 
on government 
          sound-byte fumes to live

I’m fed up with the Federal shutdown,
I’m sick and tired
of listening to Dem Republican clowns

Been going to work every unpaid day,
and I ain’t noticeably gotten any
Benjamin balm better
So weary from getting frozen wages — 
I seek chimney heat,
by bitterly burning those personal 
property auction letters

Was blue blot told the blank gray zeroes
on my pay stub is rebel non-negotiable
Ain’t got no cash to purchase gas tho’ ... 
guess I gotta suck up
mo’ government 
          sound-byte fumes for po’ survival

I’m fed up with the Federal shutdown,
I’m hurting from hearing
White House noise by Congress clowns

Go to work everyday,
but I ain’t yet been paid
MasterCard creditor chain letters
said Freddie Irish me was a ***** Adopted
	    dollar bill slave