hiring n firing n the new lifestyle

hazy day
afternoon sleeps
me n the littilies n freend’s off to a street festevale
in the city
not too far
all pile into the little car
see ck the missus
play n sing n
probably not dance
lizy and the prince
are popping out of their heads
with excitement
at face painting
n clowns
n ice creams
i spent this morning
writing words about other peoples littilies
well, actually avoiding doing it
ya see I can’t lie to ya freends!
but I did some
thought of some nice things to tell
tried to think big picture
think about where they at now
whats good
whats great
try and
accentuate the
positive
but ya know freends
some kids just aren’t made for school
some of us
maybe all of us
aren’t made for these times
not for full time employment
not for the
factory or the office or the business
not for the rigmarole
the trench
the labour struggle
but for light
music
sound
beauty
love
god
hope
happiness
reading
laughing
singing
dancing
you don’t read those words in your
typical emplayment contract do you?
send me ya money and I’ll employ ya all freends
come to work and play
come and sit in the sun
do a puzzle
read a poem
write a song
tell ya story
with a smoke and a cuppa
we’ll all listen
clap when ya done
that’d be cool eh?
reckon you could handle that job?
I’m receiving cv’s all the time
so don’t be late
we’re always hiring.

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