Long Layoffs Poems

There was something in that dream              
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To claim more imperialist Russian land. 
An invasion of a neighbor was planned. 
Unbacked slander was said about them. 
Creating for the world a major problem. 
Putin claimed they were a pro-Nazi harbor. 
But the...

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The bus pulls out for morning routes
on empty streets
as the cops rouse up the homeless 
on the sidewalks sound asleep 
and it’s no surprise. 

A world away one soldier 
makes his father proud 
as...

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Got bad news today, now I've got the blues
Not a good day, reduction in pay, layoffs too
Now hubby'll have to work harder, so hard
He works now, and will be covering night shift
That Larry didn't lose...

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After I lost my job 
I sat 
In my apartment 
For days
With the windows closed 
Staring at the walls 
Pretending 
I had someplace to go. 
  
I was always told 
You’re lucky 
To have...

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The bars are all closed and I’ve got a full tank, 
So we could idle all night.
I’ll buy us breakfast at the Swamp Pike Diner. 
We’ll welcome dawn’s early light.
It’s been seven long years since...

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I feel like I’m just floating through time like every moment exists on some line. déjà vu is just a tear in the thread that’s holding seconds collectively storing lifetimes from the beginning to the...

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NEVER venture outdoors when it's raining cats and dogs
It rained cats and dogs during a drought and the farmers were NOT amused
It rained cats and dogs and the county WORKERS were not amused
However they were...

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David Opu had more money than money could buy.
He lived his life wanting more, he was corrupted by a lie.
That money can make you happy and tuck you in at night.
That money replaces love, forget...

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Like tremolos and glissandos in music,
those crescendos and decrescendos in volume;
there’s observance of discipline and yet,
at the same time, there’s sense of freedom.
similar to life how it’s gonna be lived, so far.

Inroads within the wake...

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in materials science and nanoscience we do not produce strange chemicals or chemistry.
the divestment from chemical engineers and turning in of the repetitive research violations beneath our electrical engineering controls is not cartel, only a...

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Hard to believe you graduated 
from college 25 years ago.
Anyone who can climb 

from ruffian in a juvenile home
to university graduate to 
business owner is remarkable.

One day your sons
will come to understand that.  
Your...

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The Boss Comes to Dinner

By Elton Camp

It was for the very first time in my life
We asked to dinner the boss and his wife
Company’s sales and profits were down
And talk of layoffs had been going...

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Layoffs all over the world
Not us I think, not me.
Two hundred and seventy-six teachers laid off.
I have no words. 
Waiting to hear more.
Two hours later an automatic call comes in
From my school system.
The person leaves...

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