Short Full Time Job Poems

living without love is a full-time job
a difficult task to accomplish
yet as workaholics we manage
through daily practice 
we achieve mastery

fools we are...

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The Grim Reaper


Scythe-wielding right hand
His demand is always met
Your death a touch of hand
Black-cloaked no face to see
Full time job guaranteed 
Mythical strange creature 
The first and last you will ever see...

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I can never mean an eye 
You can never see me in my eyes 
For they have a full time job 
On the faces of others rather than mine 
They can see outside better than home 
I wish my eyes could see the real me 
Before that I of yours invaded the flat above my nose...

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I am the stereotype of a middle-age lady with grey hair
Working as a preschool teacher

Wearing mumu dresses in bright  colors

A Sunday school teacher wanting to make it a full-time job

To whittle myself a new profession

I'm not the brightest crayon in the box
But, I know I can do it!...

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She reaches,
Uncrontrablly, 
For my Heart.

But this diatribe
is Missing now. 

And unlike you, 
I can't self-repair
Without a set of
Instructions. 

So bold, so feverish, 
I retreat into a coma

Protecting myself
from this poison. 

Not easy and
A full time job, girl. 

So you sat the sunrise
Out this round, but 
I can't agree anymore.

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I’m daughtering in place and it’s a full time job.
I'm a posable figurine, like a barbie for my mom.
She's been shopping in a frenzy, to fill the empty hours.
I think we have an Amazon truck dedicated to our house.
I needed another closet so we took my sister's room
It looks like a Dior outlet-store or maybe King Tut's tomb.
"I think you've gotten carried away," I said to her last night.
Looking at all the loot arranged, she said, "you may be right."...

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Lucille (“Lucy”) Ball
Her desire for show biz fame is anything but small
Plays the wife of Ricky the Cuban drummer
How she goes about it could not be funnier.

Desi (“Ricky”) Arnaz
A full-time job reining in his kooky wife he has
Loves Lucy with all his heart
And his conniving Lucy is extremely smart!

FIRST PLACE WINNER
written September 29, 2021
especially for "Clerihew 2" poetry contest
sponsored by Joseph May...

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Being a mum is a full-time job,
A role that never ends.
A love without measure ,
Purley it transcends.  

From sleepless nights to endless days.
The work is never done. 
But the joy you feel  being a mum
Is worth it, every one.

Watching your child grow and learn,
A gift that cant be bought.  
A feeling such as this to  protect 
That cannot be taught.  

So here's to all the mums out there,
Who work so hard each day,
Your love and dedication,
Is appreciated in every way....

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