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Lucky to Have a Job

Ernest Dean

Working as clerk
in a porn store
sucks
I know there are worse jobs
but that doesn’t make me
feel better.
There’s also better jobs,
jobs where you don’t have to work,
jobs that pay a lot to do nothing,
and even people who don’t need a job
cos they already have all the dough.

So what if somewhere
there’s kids working
for a dollar an hour?
I’m not one of them

And what if others work
harder than me?
Too bad for them

I’m stuck with a job
that bores me to hell
I barely make enough
to pay the rent
I don’t have health insurance
I don’t have a car
but the worst thing is
I don’t have time.

And that’s what pisses me the most
cos I know there’s lots of people
who wouldn’t do shit with their lives
even if they had the time to do so
I know I would,
and I do my best
but it’s never enough goddammit
and I’m tired
it’s wearing me out
I can tell
soon enough
I’ll become like them
and from the minute I get home
to the minute I go to sleep
I will watch tv.

Shit, I forgot.
I don’t even have cable.



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