Short Manual Labor Poems

Makes work more efficient the using hands as manual labor...

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Manual labor 
working till my fingers bleed 
and hands are dirty...

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young daughter
giving mom pedicure
~  chores can wait



posted on June 11, 2018...

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Manual labor, sweating, straining, backs sore
Obnoxious and stubborn behaviors, family upset
Violent screaming, threats, tears, 
Irritability, tiredness, insomnia
Nasty moods and attitudes
Grumping, griping, grunting, gripping,
Disappointment, disillusionment, despair, 
Anger that we left our family and our real home
Yearning to believe things will be better here...

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I stepped into a place of magic.
Implements, antique construction,
still used everyday.
Shiny interlopers keep away!
The trusty and pre-fabricated still hold sway.
Products of a bygone era,
polished and honed to precision,
manual labor, the road to perfection.



(Note: on visiting a farmhouse in Finland
          where many of the old-fashioned farm 
          implements are still used to this day.)...

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Dignity of Manual Labor
by Lori Maria Walton

These, my manual extensions
   designed for dexterity
  give, to you, my treasure

These, you take from me
   denigrating my identity,
No acknowledgement of difference
  only indifference and emptiness

Extend the strand you hold,
  with my warmth
I will wrap and preserve
   your weakness

Let me walk tall, among 
   your books, and give to you
the wisdom of my hands...

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Prospective employers can be difficult to convince.
Especially if they only seek applicants with experience.
A gas station proprietor looks like a horse’s ass
when he seeks experienced persons to pump gas.
To make corned beef sandwiches, one needs two years experience?
There is an employer that doesn’t seem to have any sense.
A job seeker’s hopes can easily be killed
if that’s what it takes for manual labor positions to be filled.
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