Short Paycheck Poems

freeze lamb cocoon
carrot boot
skeleton mist daze...

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Paycheck
Paycheck
Come to me
Let me and
My savings 
Rise...

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i find that i work
more than even a smidgen 
of any paycheck.......

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A job
 is a job
A job
 is a paycheck
A job
 shouldn't it be more...

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Work, as fun as death
More, more, more, they want always
Sweet relief, paycheck....

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you see my car
think am a star
we set a  bar
and had this to say
well i live day by day
being homeless
AM ONE PAYCHECK AWAY...

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life has its ups and down
you feel its on the ground
hard times around
this i can say
what day by day will play
beind like this homeless
AM JUST A 
PAYCHECK AWAY...

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I am the senior cashier in a store.

Most of the time my job is just a bore.

My co-workers are great

So the job I can't hate.

The paycheck is all I'm really here for....

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At Work 
Five days a week 
The same old routine, 
Going through the motions 
For a paycheck. 

    
      W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 2018

      30th September 2018....

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A Soul-Tax Senryu


Pay Bad Workers Get
The Wages of Sin Is Death
Severance Paycheck
(Rom. 6: 23)


           Written & Copyrighted ©: 10/24/2013
                       by:  MoonBee Canady...

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a basketful of green and orange.
stomachful of another week’s paycheck.
a father’s pockets crumb-lined and stiff.
kids play catch in the canned food aisle

the fluorescent lights never stop buzzing....

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Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck nine,
It was past the deadline!
He missed an interview,
the job fell through.
He fell sadly to his knees,
no paycheck – no cheese....

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Surviving 
Paycheck
to 
Paycheck

Paycheckless

Overdrawn
	Again
There goes five twenties
I was saving for education

Spent
	Instead 
On a pair of underwear

My self esteem 
Ousts my stability...

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We do it for money
One day at a time, till we are 65
Rewarded with a paycheck
Killing ourselves doing It all of our lives
If we are lucky we love what we do
Nothing to show if we don’t do it 
Green is all we have to show for years of our lives sweated away...

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Brent’s Borrowing 
Written: by Miracle Man
5/15/2024

I once had a friend whose name was Brent,
whose paycheck was always quickly misspent.
He ‘s slow in returning,
and this is concerning.
He is never fully broke, but always badly bent.





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You have disregarded instructions
Thus claiming improper deductions
Send money by mail
And IF you should fail
Your paycheck will suffer reductions...


“The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax” - Albert Einstein
Submitted for: John Freeman’s contest...

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Scrooge's Clerk, Bob Cratchit
Earned his paycheck, and hopes to match it
He needs to buy his Christmas dinner
But Scrooge just pinched his shillings thinner! 




____________________________________
For Andrea's Contest: Christmas Clarihew
12/10/14...

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Great
      Teaching 
     Requires a
   Desire burning
Not a mere paycheck
   To be earning--
    Not Spurning
        You or
          Me!

          Our 
       Teacher
   Engages Minds
 And Hearts As One
  Bringing together
  All Class Members
     Challenging
       You and 
          Me!...

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Stashing away is my resolution
and extra thousand or two
valuing each paycheck that I
earn, saving for a time when work is through.

Mutual funds, IRA’s, annuities
options for saving everywhere.
Retirement will be wonderful
especially with plenty money there.

2/7/20

Resolutions Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri...

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So soon you forget me when work comes in play
I'm out of your mind while you're on display

Didn't you say this would not stress you out
it is what it is just a paycheck no doubt

I can already tell you are working unbarred
impressing the bosses who turned in your card

I am still here when you remember to breathe
or hold it all in as you puff up and seethe...

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On Days we arise and head straight to work 
Regarding the paycheck a worthiness perk 
Other days are just daze to figure out love
where we try to fit in and become a part of

The caring and sharing that life often brings
deriving our happiness from such little things
like a kiss in the morning caress in the night
The Days are for living and getting life right!...

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Alouette Me Poetry Contest
Andrea Dietrich


Honey did you care
We matched like a pair 
Now our life is a train wreck
All that's left is smoke
There's bills, and we're broke
You lost your job and paycheck

You will lose the house
And a faithful spouse
Because you couldn't stand tall
You lowered yourself 
Your weed was top-shelf
For your buzz, I took the fall...

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Monday, toiling hard earning a poor man's pay.
Tuesday, doing my share running a lousy factory.
Wednesday, coping with an ass-boss the whole day.
Thursday, taking home a paycheck just worth a penny.
Friday, drowning my sorrows with strangers as company.
Saturday, no time for wifey, a bad hangover flattening me.
Sunday, yet a good boy at heart down on my knees to pray!...

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"If you're living from paycheck to paycheck, you're living beyond your means."
When I tell others this they tend to get angry at very high extremes,
but then what do I know? 
I'm just a hard working blue collar Joe
whose bank account is never low.
I've had all of the same responsibilities,
such as paying my debts and raising a family,
yet all of my peers are filing for bankruptcy....

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A quiet day at the office with
too much timr to think.
Electronic distractions are not enough today.

But don't break character in your cubicle...
Put on your game face and look busy.

Big smile
Eyes do not well up. Nothing worse than runny mascara.
No sniffling allowed
Or heavy sighs

Wishing  for a managerial  disaster.

Not for the overtime in the paycheck, 
But for the undertime at home...

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