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Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

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highways, & byways, for now

0 posted 2001-01-26 08:32 PM

               “MY JOB AND ME”
                          by
                     Bill Charles
                        ~~~~
It’s not that I dislike my job, it just gets in my way,
        of my personal life,
                and there is more I can say…
It takes up too much of, my precious free time,
        and when I get paid,
                it feels like I made, one thin dime…

Every week I work forty hours, maybe fifty or so,
        but it’s not appreciated,
                that much I do know…
I feel like I’m working, my whole life away,
        and I don’t have much time,
                to go out and play…

When I’m at work, I can at least sit and dream,
        about things I want to do,
                but don’t get a chance, it would seem…
But one of these days, that job of mine, and I,
        are going to part ways,
                and I’ll say goodbye…

So watch it job, I’m warning you, my day is coming,
        then I’ll be able to relax,
                and do some stuff, or something…
Perhaps write some poetry, or do some prospecting,
        maybe find a woman,
                and show her what she’s missing…

I’ll say this one more time to you, “Get lost job!”,
and that woman I talked about, she’ll be my heartthrob…
        So please don’t forget, for your going to see,
                that there will be a divorce from,
                        “My Job And Me”…
                         ~~~~

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

1 posted 2001-01-26 08:42 PM

Wonderful!!! This is exactly what I needed tonight - since I have to go in to work tomorrow and finish up someone else's mess...So your SONG spoke to me.....take this job and shove it.

CocoBaci
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 3043

2 posted 2001-01-26 08:51 PM

Bill, this is a splendid write and a touching read...

Keep smiling in your heart PoetFriend and keep the ink full in that pen of your's because I enjoy reading your poems...
*~coco~*

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

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The Shores of Alone

3 posted 2001-01-26 09:02 PM

Bill, this tickled me for some reason, as I feel exactly like that. Work persists in interfering with life, yet we are forced to participate in things we don't necessarily care about, for pure survival. What a rat race!
And this poem said it all.
May I use it for my next resignation..lol?
Sandra

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

4 posted 2001-01-26 11:27 PM

Poet deVine - I have had days like that also, cleaning up someone else's mess. How is it that someone else's problem becomes my problem? Haven't figured that one out yet.

Coco - You do write generous words about my writings, and I thank you. And the pen will stay full, as I write away into the sunset.

catalinamoon - this tickled me also, when I was writing it. The more I wrote, the more tickled I felt, as I felt that way too. But as you mentioned, we have to survive somehow.
And yes, make a copy, and put it on your manager's desk when you resign. Ha, bet he would be surprised.

kcsgrandma
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since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

5 posted 2001-01-27 01:22 AM

Who hasn't felt that way sometime? I like the idea of using this as a resignation letter. At least you'd leave them smiling!

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

inot2B
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since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

6 posted 2001-01-27 02:34 PM

I think you better cut back a little from work now, and start hunting for that woman. If you wait for retirment you may of forgotten what you were wanting to show her she was missing.

Victoria

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since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

7 posted 2001-01-27 02:40 PM

im laughing at inot2b's reply...good one bill

~V~

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
- Paul Valery (1871-1945)

Nan

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

8 posted 2001-01-27 04:02 PM

I have only this to say... I AGREE COMPLETELY.....

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

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Between the Lines

9 posted 2001-01-27 04:05 PM

sighing...I hate that "D" word....even though yours made lots of sense..

~Softsmiles~ and a hug or two
~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

10 posted 2001-01-27 06:33 PM

Hello kcsgrandma,

I'm gonna, I'm gonna do it. Use this one as a resignation letter! And I bet you're correct, it will leave them laughing, and me smiling.

inot2b - I have done both, cut back from work, and hunting for that woman. But of course, they will be lowering me in the pit, and I'll still be thinking of what she didn't know she was missing. After I found her that is. Hehehe

Victoria - I read inot2b's reply, and did the same. Really a super reply for this verse. Thanks for coming over.

Nan - why thank thee, as I also agree. It's gonna happen, I can feel it.

nakdthoughts - I'm glad that I made a little sense with this one. Just wanted to do a little something different, but it even makes sense to me.

Ariana
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since 2000-10-08

Posts 571
Orlando, Florida

11 posted 2001-01-27 09:05 PM

Bill

I have read the replies and I think you have captured our hearts on this one for we all have felt at one time or another, exactly the same way. Enjoyed the writing.

Ariana

Elizabeth

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since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

12 posted 2001-01-27 09:10 PM

*Elizabeth takes her retail job and shoves it as hard as she can*

I love this Bill! Jobs can sure be a drag! Well done!

Just see how virtue repays you, you turn and someone betrays you
Betray him first, and the game's reversed...
-from The Scarlet Pimpernel

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

13 posted 2001-01-28 03:11 PM

Ariana - thanks for coming by and reading this one. I'm leaving, and going somewhere, but not back to the job. don't I wish.

Elizabeth - Ok, if you'll wait a sec, I'll help you. Yes, jobs can be a drag, it's always getting in the way of my personal life.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

14 posted 2001-01-29 03:21 AM

Bill, I know what you mean here. But until I find a good man, my job and me are sticking together.

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

15 posted 2001-01-29 01:49 PM

I love this one, Bill... and it couldn't be more perfect reading for a Monday! LOL.

Bill Charles
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Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

16 posted 2001-01-29 07:57 PM

passing shadows - don't blame you at all for sticking with it for now. But, wishing you all the best, perhaps that man will come by.

suthern - thanks for replying to this writing, and I never thought of it, but perfect writing for a Monday.

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