Recession Confession?

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This is a true story...You read about it in the paper or see on the news...The only differance is the name--maybe.

Recession Confession?

Recession--

It’s a word we all come to know

A word that keeps the economy movin' slow

This recession is no joke

Its not just affectin' the older generation, but also the younger folks

So let me tell you a story 'bout a bread winning family man

Who held the lives of his family in the palm of his hand

Johnny was his name

Recession 

was his blame

It got him good

It took away his job, money, and his livelihood

His sanity started to fold

So Johnny got cold

As the recession took hold

Now his wife, daughter and baby son

Are the lastest victims of a heated gun

No note;

No last minute confession

They all died by a man who couldn’t deal with this thing called--

recession

When Johnny realized what he had done

The pain he caused everyone

He reached for another cold steel from the shelf

His favorite gun---BANG,

                           was used on himself

The recession got him good

He didn’t want to face poverty like a real man would

He didn’t to want work till the economy turned around

So instead like a coward, he brought the whole family down

Now the mortuary biz is boomin'

Cuz there’s more family men like Johnny;

I’m assumin’

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CamiaZ commented on Recession Confession?

08-23-2013

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1990lh commented on Recession Confession?

09-15-2009

whoa this is deep seven, and its sad cuz this is real.no poor johnny from me, johnny is coward who had it all but was worth nothing cuz once material things were gone there was nothing left from his perspective. haha times like these beeing poor dont seen so bad, hard to lose a lot when u dont have much lol. but anyway great write wonderful message, this i a real eye opener, u know u gone get a 10, so no surprise here . hehe

SEVEN

09/16/2009

Thanx lil sis...ur right about the poor part... when u dont have much to lose its not all that bad to lose it...So this being born rich must me a curse of some sort...Once they lose their material posessions I guess to them life ends...Some how I'm glad I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth...

DeepEclipse commented on Recession Confession?

09-15-2009

Man it kills me that the richest country ends up in a recession. Even though we in a recesssion they still sellin 100 dolla shoes that they get poor countries to make for 2$ an hour. Somebody movin some money funny or somehtin. Good perspective on the poem tho. Chaos aint far.

SEVEN

09/16/2009

Ur right about that, that is y u wont catch me jumping around in Air Jordans...my feet still comfy in converse, etc

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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