Fiscal Haiku: Index

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Laid Off Haiku

Left rickshaw in Mumbai
For American new life
Saved my old bell

Kathy Q., Monmouth Junction, NJ
a camellia falls
her father's eyes the day they
closed the plant

Richard W., New York, NY
I don't have a job
my bills are multiplying
I feel like dying

John M., Pomona, CA
Out of work a year.
Not a single interview.
Cannot buy a job.

Keri P., Eagleville, TN
First I was outsourced
My job went far overseas
I am broke of course

Kathy Q., Monmouth Junction, NJ
Despite increasing
disdain for my job, I stay
Work choices are slim.

K S., Long Beach, CA
Waiting in the line
In the unemployment one
When will I get out?

K M., Miami, FL
Hi Ho Hi Ho,
retirement was looming.
Looming far away

Moira B., Vancouver, WA
Here it is Monday
My stomach is growling loud
Unemployment check

Aaron S., Lake Wales Fl, FL
No jobs in Portland.
No jobs in the great northwest.
West Virginia, ho!

Vincent R., Portland, OR

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