On a slate grey day
In the hazy month of May
With my stainless steel
lunchbox, and thermos. I
Make my way to the fucktory.
In a putrid green flannel
I cross o'er a channel
To play with my light panel
And pull upon my handle. Pressing
Something into (a) shape at the fucktory.
Of course I've clocked in
And donned protectant for my skin
I never leave my locker open
In case the token Jew, or Negroid,
Decides to steal my lunch at the fucktory.
I never look my boss in the eye
For fear I mayest cry, or die, or Pi
Mathematically an outcasted single guy.
Inconsequentially wondering why
I ever decided to work at the fucktory?
Perhaps, it was because of poppa
Calling me a queerly gay poeta
That would rather paint kneeling Geishas
With flutes in hand, but with no band. Ah,
Just waiting for a raise & a hug at the fucktory.
Guilty ignorant and rather poor
Daily, I return home quite sore
To a house of inquisitive bores
That call me a whore (as much as possible).
Even whilst we sleep I weep for us
At the fucktories
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Karl Marx Fucking rules!
Written December 18th, 2003
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You know, I was loving this until the racist part. I know, literary expression and so forth. Not debating but I have to admit it threw me for the rest of the reading. I love the 'fucktory' word it's SO fitting for the workaday Joe. And Jill
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Very awesome poem. I'm effing laughing my ass off right now!!!
Humored is definately an emotion, good luck to you in the contest!
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the fucktories yep i love it...its so true as well thats why its funny...actually i would like a job sticking the cherries on tops of cakes as long as i could sit down and be warm and eat some of them and go to the toilet when i want. there was thisstory in the newsspaper where the factory owner wouldnt let the women go to the toilet and told them to wear incontinence pads and some of them did cos they needed the job i suppose
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Well done
Thank you for entering the contest. I love the pun "fucktory" and the rhyme scheme that adds to the mechanical feel of the poem narrator's life style -
Great one...I love the intermittent playfulness, interspersed with the biting commentary. Also love the seussian rhyme that creeps in at times, imbuing the poem with something particular from all of our pasts...
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LOL, I know all to well what the fuctory is and you describe it oh so well!! Great write! It defiantely brought back memories!
TD
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just wondering if you dont mind, what is a fucktory?
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