Hang Up the Work Boots Old Man

Accidental Poet



 

Fifty-two years learning

The value of a paycheck

Nineteen-seventy so long ago

The changes in myself to reflect

 

That it’s not just about

How much money I made

But was the work I did

Worth what I got paid?

 

To know I earned my pay

And every dollar I deserved

A paycheck bearing my name

For a forty-hour week served

 

Seems these days

Do as little as possible

And still get paid for it

The new acceptable

 

As if having on the job fun is

More important than customer service

Is playing with cell phones work related?

Or am I just a foolish purest?

 

 I’m trying to understand

Reasons of hypothetic

An ever-expanding generation gap

Or definitions of work ethics

 

Maybe the time has come

For this old dinosaur to retire

Hang up the work boots old man

Kick back with a sunset to admire

 

Copyright © Accidental Poet 2022

  • Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 7th, 2022 04:07
  • Comment from author about the poem: On August 1st, I will be retired from the working life. I've had enough.
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Comments2

  • Paul Bell

    Remember, whilst the youngsters are on their phone, you've put a day's work in. Imagine if you retire tomorrow, the company would fold.

    • Accidental Poet

      Thanks Paul. It just irks me that so many of the younger generation want money from a job, but they don't want to work for it. I'm seeing a whole new work ethic that would never make it in the world I was brought up in. And if I retired tomorrow the company wouldn't even notice. Where's my sunset? 🤔

    • orchidee

      Ohhh, maybe not a dinosaur.
      A couple of old fogey true tales:
      A wifey called her hubby a dinosaur, as he would not use e-mail! he was not even old, age about 50. lol.
      One said 'Oh, I dunno about using the Web, with that "daemon" domain. It might be haunted!'

      • Accidental Poet

        Well tell me Orchi, you were working in 1066, how's retirement going for you? 😁



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