unemployed again

unemployed again

 

 

corporate smile

you eloquently encroach

 

this desk jockey juvenile

with your businesslike goodbye

 

i take my severance

clean out my heart's locker

 

and peddle my broken emotions

elsewhere,

 

willing to take less pay

if only

 

the benefits could improve

and there might be

 

slightly better opportunity

for ever after security.

 

 

erin-cilberto

7/30/16

Reviews

[Vatsal Rohilla (account..]

What a lovely comparison there. There is depth in the feeling that comes out. It seems that the person is really "unemployed". Anyway, one has to move on, so once you get unemployed you seek for new love, a new support for your life. A stable companion is what everyone needs- and a stable companion is what few people get. Excellent. Keep writing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, Vatsal..

j.

[Tomás Ó C..]

Yes... love is a lot like the jobs market... "its not you, its me" is a lot like the "the market has contracted, we are sad to see you go"... and then they hire new people a few weeeks later to do the same job on lower wages...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

clever reply, Tomas...thanks for the smile
j.

[andrew mitchell]

it's terrible when your life has been spent in your job, heart and soul so to speak, only to find you are shafted, out of work. corporates don't reward loyalty and long service anymore.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, andrew

j.

[Shannon]

I hope you aren't there!

I really appreciate the reference to severance and hearts locker in same stanza. To me adds some ambiguity to severance. Like an original way of saying 'cut my heart out'.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words S.

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

It is funny. We hate the job sometimes, but once we are fired, we want right back in. Job searching. Uggh. Such work. :) Seriously clever analogy here, as most of yours are ...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, KL...appreciate your thoughts, as always..

j.

[Chris]

Just a sunday morning's pause, checkin' on thoughts and ...friends. Listenin' to the wind
...passing behind my eyes. Some silences are more deafening then others and some ...words...
fill my mind with pauses.

So many search - and sometimes find, sometimes don't - todays that become tomorrows. And fate seems to determine who shares ...and even their whats.

Have you noticed how we need ...space? And that How Longs ...matter? And perceptions become realities that sneak up and BITE! And rituals aren't ALWAYS ...nor habits...

Jacob, you're worth the price of admission ...my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and you are very kind with your reviews, Chris...

but yes, we need the space, but in the end, the words find their way to us as the emotions make sense...

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Send him to me we are hiring poetic utterances.

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you so much for your thought...i will send him...

j.

[V]

Originally expressed. You share some good lines. Why do I have the impression that you might have used this image before?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

could be...as i have said, i am more of a conduit, and perhaps the words tend to recycle themselves in a way or ways.

thank you, Vanessa..

j.

[V]

I see. You're welcome.