One of my new year’s resolutions in January was to start a new personal journaling project, in which I would either take a picture of some mundanity, or write a haiku, every day.
Well, I’ve not done it every day, but I have done so at least once a week. This is what I’m working on for today, about labor, employment and the old “Protestant work ethic.”
Is it possible?
Can jobs reward us that much?
Do we self-delude?
Similar cases:
Are jobs, like relationships,
Overburdened?
Is the modern job
Per Protestant ethic,
Masses' opiate?
"Left," "right" both say no;
Bourgeoise materialists
Steering labor blind.
But loss of job hope
Means loss of career rewards.
Blue, white collars both.
Neo-libs’ NAFTA,
CAFTA, WTO, kill hope,
Money and dreams.
Money is fobbed
With more and more made-in-China
Bread and circuses.
This cannot replace
Dreams shived for dollar stores
Nor the loss of hope.
Even the ideal job
Cannot reward every need;
This just fantasy.
Workaholic U.S.
Take note; live broader lives
At home and in play.
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