poetry and work

Poetry and work

 I sit here in front of the computer,
thinking I dislike rhyming poetry it goes on my nerves
Repetitive words to make it sound classical, and who
decide what classical or mere writing is?
We admire some poems because we have them as pensum
at school, we learned by heart, but there is no reason
Kipling should be taught in Sweden unless one happens
to like reading for its own sake.
I think the verb “verb” should be erased from the language
and replaced with activities we like to perform.
Let robots do the cement mixing when building a house
and leave the design to architects who love their calling.
For years I worked on ships and the hours were long
and let life slips by, how regrettable it is now this boredom
of doing- for money- what I disliked.
We are all whores renting out our body and soul to exist,
be promised a pension that is paltry to be free to go touring
only to find we lack the energy, the work had robbed us
from learning anything enriching for our wellbeing.