Another literary gem from TMV’s favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet:
Not everyone who works at Wal-Mart feels it’s a great career option. Why is that?
Wal-MartyredWeird hours, low pay,
About the work I’ve no say,
No future, but hey,
Don’t get me started,
Wal-martyred.The stress I confess,
From working for less,
Has made me a mess,
This boss ain’t big-hearted.
Wal-martyred.Don’t know how it started,
The good life’s departed,
For cheap goods ’twas battered,
Have we been outsmarted?
Wal-martyred.
©2006 Michael Silverstein
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.