Poem in response to Decent Work and Economic Growth

August 2018

Just One Job

By Kelsey Cashman

CC Image Courtesy of Flavio Spugna

All our lives

We are told to work.

Chores, school, summer jobs-

Do whatever you can

To make money.

We are told

That having a job

Will lead to a better life-

To a house and food

And paid bills.

But then we grow

And get a job

Or two or three.

Struggling to make ends meet,

Living day to day.

Working long hours

Day after day

No vacations, just overtime.

Living between paydays,

A frugal life.

If everyone was able

To not only

Have a good job,

But also one that

Pays the bills,

We would be

One step closer

To a world of equality,

A world without poverty

And unpaid bills.