Short Laid Off Poems

illegal numbers increase
laid off pray for peace ….
axel screams for grease...

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I'm a laid back dope-*ss pipe hitting n*gg*r
You're a laid off broke-*ss wife hitting hipster...

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So many crooks like old Madoff
From trusting folks they get paid off
The economy fell 
Yet their pockets still swell
and as for me, I am laid off...

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His stress is too much to take,
        drinking to self-medicate.
     Laid off from the job he loves
 Covid shutdown brings heartache


Date written: 02/03/2021...

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   Today’s workplaces incommodious
   Laid off, the exuberant and joyous
     Atmosphere’s sterile
     Good times imperiled
   Efficiency’s drumbeat will destroy us
...

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Today they tell me
   I no longer have money--
      Congress, why is this?

A. Green

Workers all over the country who have been 
laid off are no longer receiving benefits. Guess
they want us to starve....

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Showing off the ultimate bathing fright,
worked all winter preparing a delight.
Laid off the usual beer,
summer now finally here.
His Speedo package outrageous and tight!


*For the battle of the bulge contest.   It only takes one Speedo to ruin a day at the beach!...

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Laid off, Unemployed, no pay
No funds to pay the electric bill
Service disconnected. Temperatures plumeting
As night sets, snow and ice fall silently apon the eaves,
entombing the house.
Silent night plays, somewhere...
while his body freezes and life ends.


For Laura Mckenzie's contest winter's beauty/destruction...

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He's a blue collared artist supreme
with a medium of drywall and wet concrete.
He was laid off when build back better lost its gloss.
He occasionally does side jobs... tax free.
The beard is unkempt, he flashes a tattooed head.
He's donning a third trimester belly he calls Johnny walker red 
It's going to be some time until his next masterpiece....

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R--Resigned or laid-off from work?

E--Every wish and prayer  dedicated to job search;

C--Chopping unnecessary expenses,

S--Saving money for priotized spending__

S--Surviving the financial meltdown,

I--It was not easy to find money or food!

O--Our year of recession kept us busy with simple home jobs,

N--Necessary carefree routines.

chipepo lwele...

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The day my life became sheltered
In the midst of a deadly virus
It’s killing hundreds and
Spreading like a raging wildfire
I have to stay inside
And keep my head together
And try not to think 
Of the worst
Even though it is the worse
This invisible virus seems
To be creeping all over
The place
Laid off work
Shortage of necessities
That’s very hard to find
But you hunt for them continuously
Turning my life upside down...

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