A King's Finery
...Friday afternoon a Jew's week winds down
His business shuttered
Tired sun sinks toward the ground
A workingman puts away his modest dress
~ A newly crowned king dons his Sabbath bes...
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Categories:
workingman, change, clothes, work,
Form: Couplet
Workingman
...Workingman
It’s one o'clock in the morning on a Monday
Not much to look forward to this week. Just another week in the life of a workingman. Punch the clock. Punch the boss. What’s the differ...
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Categories:
workingman, destiny, freedom, introspection, suicide,
Form: Narrative
Life Repeats
...(Mickey D's, Winter Haven FL)
Fanciest McD's you ever saw!
Life sized statues caught in motion,
Marilyn, her skirts flying, Elvis,
thrusting out his guitar in a musical
******, both Blues Brother...
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Categories:
workingman, day,
Form: Blank verse
I Wept
...I want all, my love, to cry for you,
To fight for you, staining your fast stream into an enormous spice.
My hard workingman, my loving smell,
Where the clouds did not have end, rather they passed
O...
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Categories:
workingman, dream, fantasy,
Form: Ballad
Workingman's Power
...I do not care making a living donning a dirty coverall
if it earns me more trips to the mall.
Whether it's newly minted or has changed hands many times,
a dime will still be worth a dime.
I a...
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Categories:
workingman, people, satire, socialcare, care,
Form: Couplet
Growing To Be United
...Yearning I keep learning...about
what is the mysteries.
But I don't fight it,
it doesn't get to me,
for I can see the ways
of being free
in growing to be united.
Workingman is the first parti...
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Categories:
workingman, black african american, mystery,
Form: Verse
Growing To Be United
...Yearning I keep learning,
what is the mysteries.
But, I don't fight it
it doesn't get to me.
For, I can see the ways
of being free,
in growing to be united.
Workingman is the frist partici...
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Categories:
workingman, history, mystery, time,
Form: I do not know?