They don’t want to pay. They say, “That’s a civil matter.”
Apparently, this is a euphemism for “you have no rights.”
Sure, it’s a civil matter; until the buckshot does scatter.
Then it is murder one. You’re going to prison, son!
A family man, a church goer, a member of the PTA!
You blew his brains out! Just look what you’ve done!
But he was shooting at me! A whole magazine; he just missed.
If one of those bullets had found its mark and I was on the slab,
Would anybody care? No, nobody. And that has me pissed!
I am just doing my job. I am trying to make an honest living,
Many miles I put on my car; I can barely afford to maintain it.
But I pay my bills; it’s an honest job, though it does involve killing.
Would you rather that I be a bum, a con man and a cheater?
Someone who signs a contract and then doesn’t make payments?
A hard man I may be, but an honest one. I’m a repo man; a killer.
Author notes
This was inspired by a news article I read, "Violence between repo men, car owners on the rise." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_re_us/repo_violence
I logged onto the internet to post my "Werewolf!" poem at All Poetry, saw this article on the news, and wrote a poem about it in, like, five minutes flat. I think that's a new speed record for poetry writing!
FYI: I was a repo man when I was 19. I got into some fights, but I never killed anybody. It wasn't a very good job. I put thousands of miles on my personal car trying to track people down and the bank wasn't really paying me enough to cover fuel and maintenance, much less the risk that I was taking on their behalf.
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Wow, very detailed and perhaps true, no holds barred, clever, well written write. Blessings.
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Thanks!
No, it is not true.
I was a repo man when I was 19. I got into some fights, but I never killed anybody. It wasn't a very good job. I put thousands of miles on my personal car trying to track people down and the bank wasn't really paying me enough to cover fuel and maintenance, much less the risk that I was taking on their behalf.
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I really enjoyed this, i dont think it works the same here in egland though
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Don't revise this, it's amazing as it is. Yeah repo men always get a bad rap - but at least you put them straight!
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Hi Lady Gothicka!
Thank you for the comment. I looked at your page; that's a REALLY powerful poem about Sarah, the three-year-old. I made you one of my favorites.
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