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Overtime Poems - Poems about Overtime


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Songs from a life, sounds like the blues, microwave fries, pot noodle, stews, dead on two legs, only half-nine, saying yes, to the overtime, this months rent and the kids' new shoes. Paying forward, paying your dues, when there isn't much left to lose, longing for friends, weekends and wine, songs from a life. Cut price make up covers the bruise, somewhere hard cash, won't...

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Categories: overtime, abuse, children, life, wine,
Form: Rondeau
Overtime
If you work from nine to five you are losing out on the biggest prize; if you work from nine to five you just don’t know how to roll the dice. Daytime is busy and the office is filled with misery, traffic is moving in and out and sometimes it makes you want to shout....

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Categories: overtime, business, change, community, culture,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Pub Overtime
Clock in Lock in...

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Categories: overtime, fun,
Form: Footle
Premium Member Hell Is Freezing Overtime
paralyzed in hellishly cold confining space pummeled by cruel icy shards feeling lost & unfound waiting to get lost as the past cries the present sighs & the future screams the days collapse into another expiring year in the Wild Wild western & northern hemispheres bleeding through bullet holes Apocalypse Not Yet brace for frigid impact paradise is hopelessly lost deluded dinosaurs roam the earth Big Tech is Watching Better...

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Categories: overtime, dark, society, surreal, weather,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If Only We Could Turn Back the Hands of Time
I loved a story at bedtime, but I could do a nap in the daytime. Before I knew it I was nine, boy was that a great pie made out of limes. I would then go back to my prime, and really really shine. There would be no more jobs that were part-time, no more bosses with only a dime. I would not...

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Categories: overtime, child, day, dream, games,
Form: Rhyme



Working Overtime
Asbestos I can tell, my lungs are working hard as a sump pump in a clogged well Though the cancer infiltration rate is currently low, my body count white cell ineffectiveness is bound to grow Asbestos I can tell, my future breathing capacity don’t look so well Got my lungs working overtime in this here deep underground coal mine Down below, it’s dark and damp...

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Categories: overtime, cancer, jobs, perspective, work,
Form: Rhyme
Overtime
I'm not just going to put the work in, I'm going to give you overtime Tonight is all about you so close your eyes Tonight I'm going to please your body, as I already know your mind I'm not just going to put the work in, I'm going to give you overtime I know you've had a long day A...

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Categories: overtime, cute love, deep, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Satan Is Working Overtime
Many people believe that Satan is a myth, they think that he doesn't exist. Sadly, he is real and the evil things that he causes are too many to list. The world keeps getting worse and worse, people lie, cheat and commit crimes. The reason why things are getting worse is because Satan is working overtime. Satan and his...

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Categories: overtime, corruption, evil, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Winter - 2, Overtime Work
Overtime working Winter night is continuing Tasks are remaining 15/Dec/2015 Fengleishanren....

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Categories: overtime, december, jobs, night, time,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Overtime
On the schedule Very often unplanned; Energy depleted but on demand; Rarely appreciated Taking one for the team, I don't even fit into; Money is the goal? Ha! Everyone. Anyone. But me...

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Categories: overtime, work
Form: Name
Overtime Again
Overtime Again by Dave Stinnett What is it about this temperature you always keep so hot You always want to “fire me up”, when you’re getting’ all I’ve got, I spend my whole life cookin’ things I know you’ll never eat, There’s more than iron that’s melting from this God forsaken heat, It’s me, your oven, on...

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Categories: overtime, funny, song-me, red, time,
Form: Lyric
Overtime
There is a place in your life Where you need to believe in yourself I keep falling down But the angels are underneath I'm afraid of changing But I need to figure it out Thinking back on time Cant stop crying, my heart cant take it anymore Take me away lord Please come save me My heart is blind There is no reflection I'm...

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Categories: overtime, hope, heart, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 911—underground Overtime Night Workers (Acrostic)
Nine Eleven—a dark day lives of many workers were stolen away Individuals worked all night; stayed; without seeing the light of day Nose to the grindstone below floor level they labored productively Effectively moving papers, stacks, racks, speedily and so selectively Encouraged basement overtime; more taxes paid; they worked away Loyal workers; dedicated to the cause; laziness to them—not a...

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Categories: overtime, history, introspection, life, loss,
Form: Acrostic

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