There’s a great post by the girl in the hat over at The Daily Post about poetry from lists including a number of prompts. I’ve added them all to my list of ideas to return to but here’s a completely unedited list of jobs I’ve had:
Jobs I’ve had
Menial farm work for a father I love
But love wasn’t enough
Piecemeal wages required
3am start at the newsagents
Inserting supplements into weekend papers
Who knew that was a job
Graduated to serving in the same establishment
Sleazy customers and £1 of penny sweets
Each individually counted
Two summers in customer services
In a college, old man wanted to learn pottery
Could he make a frog rather than a nude?
Three weeks stuffing envelopes
So good they kept me the summer
Filing and photocopying
Three months in a medical school
Followed by two sessions
Pretending to be a patient
A couple of days temping
In an office without capacity
To assign me tasks
Nine months in an office
Filled with playground politics
And added alcohol
Thrown in the deep end
Personal Assistant to the Head of Department
Once you learn the language, it’s easy to swim
Final destination, same office
Same team yet numerous masks
Trialled over four years
I love this. It would make a great performance piece. Good post!
Thanks!