Work Limerick Poems

If Jews would think outside the box
To Arabs they’d sell Israel’s rocks
The deal would work well
Islam’s anger to quell
Since extremists does it outfox...

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Jack of All Trades
Miracle Man
5/3/2024

I once hired a man who never followed directions,
which required on my part, frequent inspections,
Though an old hand,
He didn’t understand,
So each...

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   Today’s workplaces incommodious
   Laid off, the exuberant and joyous
     Atmosphere’s sterile
     Good...

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We edit our text and make cuts
To avoid the mantra word-klutz
What's publishing next
Are my lines badly hexed 
Here on poetry soup to nuts
...

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Dad went to work on an egg each day 
Til one day the egg cracked on the way
Pants covered in yolk
It was not a joke
That...

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Where job creativity's hated
We will weep and feel castrated
But after quitting
It's real and so fitting
Without bawls anymore we're elated...

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We might as well stamp license plates
Government work makes us inmates
When assigned tasks inane
In asylums insane
We'll search for retirement dates...

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Had a big dog for to tend the sheep
Small dog for a ratter while we sleep
Old spot for all to pet
Growler for warn he let
All...

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   Chanticleer has a big problem, clearly
   Now that so many folks work remotely
     He crows and...

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Backbone in pieces left stressed,
to put in work no interest;
You want a free lunch 
yet binge 'Candy Crush';
No wonder you are depressed....

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Given an impossible task to vigorously chase

Based on something nobody else wanted to face

With no support expectations were delivered coldly

Blindly thrown into the thick of...

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Soozie was angry with her boyfriend, Bob
Tried dismembering him but botched the job
Disgruntled with all men
She vowed to try again
When she found him in bed...

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Seeing aisles of messy shelves
Before a shopper even delves
Is a horrible curse
Which Whole Foods can reverse
With stockers who were Santa's elves
...

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A nitpicking chief isn’t nice
Takes away work’s sugar and spice
Labor can chug
Without a boss bug
Since we’re not the ones who have lice...

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Mom's and Pop's Days - graduation
birthdays, weddings - overdone.
     One can't forget Christmas
     or Juneteenth's fret and...

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