Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN A MAN'S OUT OF A JOB, by SAM WALTER FOSS Poet's Biography First Line: All nature is sick from her heels to her hair Last Line: W'en a feller is out of a job. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Unemployment; Work; Workers | ||||||||
ALL Nature is sick from her heels to her hair, W'en a feller is out of a job; She is all out of kilter and out of repair, W'en a feller is out of a job; Ain't no juice in the earth an' no salt in the sea, Ain't no ginger in life in this land of the free, An' the Universe ain't what it's cracked up to be, W'en a feller is out of a job. W'at's the good of blue skies, an' of blossoming trees, W'en a feller is out of a job? W'en your boy hez large patches on both of his knees, An' a feller is out of a job? Them patches, I say, look so big in your eye That they shut out the lan'scape an' cover the sky, An' the sun can't shine through 'em the best it can try, W'en a feller is out of a job. W'en a man has no part in the work of the earth, W'en a feller is out of a job, He feels the whole blundering mistake of his birth, W'en a feller is out of a job; He feels he's no share in the whole of the plan, That he's got the mitten from Natur's own hand, That he's a rejected and left-over man, W'en a feller is out of a job. For you've jest lost your holt with the rest of the crowd, W'en a feller is out of a job; An' you feel like a dead man with nary a shroud, W'en a feller is out of a job. You're crawling around, but you're out of the game; You may hustle about, but you're dead just the same You're dead with no tombstone to puff up your name, W'en a feller is out of a job. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV THE COMING AMERICAN by SAM WALTER FOSS |
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