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    Aditus
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  • 09/22/2022
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Fireworks & Rain - 3. Legacy

We all are in a shitty mood:

today the boss gave us the boot,

twenty years of sweat, blood and tears

our sorrows drowned in too many beers

while he gets away in his fancy suit.

 

This is how failure tastes:

today I have forever closed the gates

my family’s legacy is gone

generations have squandered money on

too old ideas and lofty ambitions while real potential has gone to waste.

Copyright © 2022 Aditus; All Rights Reserved.
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Mancunian
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A expression of frustration that many can relate to when a business comes to an end. The bosses drive away with their pockets full while the loyal workers walk away with little or nothing. Why? The last line - in suitably small print almost ignored - explains, they didn't move with the times, 'too old ideas and lofty ambitions while real potential has gone to waste.' Thought provoking, it lingers in your mind.

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Valkyrie
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2 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

This poem left me trying to imagine the story behind its lines. It seems so very  sad.

Same here.  

There's a complete disconnect between the higher-ups and the worker bees.  It's really quite mind-boggling to me. I was furloughed from my job of 15 years due to the pandemic and ended up leaving for employment elsewhere.  Last year, I went to my old supervisor's retirement party and the company's CEO was there.  When I was introduced, they told him "oh she doesn't work here anymore."  He actually asked me "Oh, why is that?" :blink:  :facepalm:  The look on his face when I said "Because you furloughed me!" was priceless.  I could continue on with my own rant here, but I won't.  I will say this poem is very evocative and so sadly true.  

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Aditus
23 hours ago, Mancunian said:

A expression of frustration that many can relate to when a business comes to an end. The bosses drive away with their pockets full while the loyal workers walk away with little or nothing. Why? The last line - in suitably small print almost ignored - explains, they didn't move with the times, 'too old ideas and lofty ambitions while real potential has gone to waste.' Thought provoking, it lingers in your mind.

Thank for your comment, Mancunian. After I had the poem written I wasn't  so sure if it is a good idea to post it, but your comment shows it was okay. 

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Aditus
16 hours ago, Bill W said:

I think we've all been here at one time or another.  Greed grips the  corporate world and little concern is given to those that made it go and grow.  Unfortunately, as earlier generations might have known, fixed pensions and lifetime care are a thing of the past and hard work is not always rewarded the way it should be.  

A perfect summary of what I wanted to express, thank you Bill.

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Headstall

Sacrifices go unnoticed, and loyalty is stomped on when it comes down to dollars and cents. Working people have the illusion we are cared for... protected by those above, but the truth is when push comes to shove, we are only numbers. I really got the feeling behind this one. That bitter taste is impossible to swallow away. The rich get richer... 

Great poem, Adi. Cheers!

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Leo622

The first stanza perfectly states the way the employees would feel when they lose their livelihoods, years of dedicated service down the drain. The second stanza expresses the devastation of the owner watching the legacy handed down to him for safekeeping slipping through his fingers, the history lost as the employees are let go and the lights are shut off for the last time. Beautiful 

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Aditus
17 hours ago, Headstall said:

Sacrifices go unnoticed, and loyalty is stomped on when it comes down to dollars and cents. Working people have the illusion we are cared for... protected by those above, but the truth is when push comes to shove, we are only numbers. I really got the feeling behind this one. That bitter taste is impossible to swallow away. The rich get richer... 

Great poem, Adi. Cheers!

...when push comes to shove, we are only numbers.  Exactly.

Great poem, Adi. Thank you, Gary. :)

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Aditus
5 hours ago, Leo622 said:

The first stanza perfectly states the way the employees would feel when they lose their livelihoods, years of dedicated service down the drain. The second stanza expresses the devastation of the owner watching the legacy handed down to him for safekeeping slipping through his fingers, the history lost as the employees are let go and the lights are shut off for the last time. Beautiful 

Yep, you nailed it.Thank you for reading Legacy, Leo.

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