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Posted by iDrew on April 22, 2010 - 09:59

iBoracic

i’m mentally bankrupt
this job is an effing joke
and the wages are pants
barely covering the rent
not to mention my credit cards
or council tax

and i’m so bored bored bored
out of my tiny mind
perhaps i’ll get the evening paper
i feel so imprisoned
in this grey building
trapped by my
financial commitments

look enthusiastic
here comes the jailer
i mean my size x-large boss
keys swinging
from a belt fob
says i should work
extra hours
on the phone
repeating sales talk
like a stuck gramophone

he smiles
with his overtime suggestion
creepy smile
and when ever he gets up close
accidentally
too close
brushing against my tits
makes my skin
crawl away
and exfoliate

if he does that
one more time
so help me i’ll
kick his dangly bits
but fuck it
then i’ll get the sack
the price of wages leaves me skint

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Comments

Silver Spun Sand | April 22, 2010 - 10:46

Like the title almost as much as the piece itself.

Made me smile. Thank you;-)

Oops...and welcome to ABC!

Tina

iDrew | April 22, 2010 - 10:56

Big thanks Tina, and for the welcome too. Just getting to find my way around as it's a little bit different to other forums I've used. But I like.

xDrew

alice sunderland | April 22, 2010 - 10:59

good stuff! i like poems that tell it how it is - dont really go in for that enigma code stuff. like your style. gotta go - work beckons would you believe!

iDrew | April 22, 2010 - 11:22

Thank you Alice.

I think my style has come about due to not being too big in the brain department.

Grindstone for me too - boo hiss

xDrew

maggyvaneijk | April 22, 2010 - 15:53

I love this, you have a fantastic amount of self humour. Great poem :)

tcook | April 22, 2010 - 16:53

A big welcome from ABCtales - and an excellent first poem from you.

iDrew | April 22, 2010 - 22:11

magyvaneijk and tcook, thank you both, I'm pleased you enjoyed it and thank you for the welcome.

xDrew

luigi_pagano | April 25, 2010 - 14:16

And a welcome from me too, Drew. A good debut with a lot of bitter humour. I am sure that sooner, rather than later, a cherry will come your way.

iDrew | April 26, 2010 - 22:07

Thank you luigi.

I’m not too sure about these cherries. There’s something nagging in my mind that sort of thinks they might be surplus to requirement from the vets.

xDrew