{"id":4434,"date":"2015-08-08T20:43:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2015-08-14T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T11:58:54","slug":"youll-thank-me-later-a-poem-by-ron-olsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/youll-thank-me-later-a-poem-by-ron-olsen\/","title":{"rendered":"You’ll Thank Me Later. A Poem by Ron Olsen"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n 
\nTrust me
\nIt\u2019s for your own good
\nYou\u2019ll thank me later
\nYou need only turn to face yourself
\n 
\nWealth speaks to poverty
\nCenturions to slaves
\nLords to peasants
\nBourgeoisie to the Proletariat
\n 
\nNo healthcare costs
\nNo harassment issues
\nNo sick time
\nNo vacation required
\nNo request for family leave
\nNo retirement plan
\nNo bereavement leave
\nNo union fights
\nNo confusion
\nNo complaints
\nNo liability
\nNo people
\n 
\nJust machines
\n 
\nQuantifiable
\nReliable
\nInorganic
\nCost effective
\nProfitable
\nWithout complaint
\nPersonality without soul
\nIntellect without compassion
\nAll needs fulfilled
\nAll care eliminated
\nLife without humanity
\n 
\nTrust me
\nIt’s for your own good<\/strong>
\n 
\n\u00a92015 – Ron Olsen\/all rights reserved
\n 
\n\"walden<\/a>
\n 
\nRon Olsen is a Peabody and Emmy award winning journalist based in Southern California. He is recently retired from the Tribune Company, where he was stationed at the Los Angeles Times, working with the newspaper’s writers and editors to adapt newspaper stories for KTLA-TV. He is the author of more than one-thousand essays and an occasional poem. His essays have been published by several local papers in the Los Angeles area. He began writing poetry just recently. He says he loves the craft of saying more with fewer words, with each word playing a significant role in the piece. “I am sometimes struck by my poetry”
\nhe says.”I’ll look at what I’ve written and wonder where it came from-some wellspring that’s beyond my understanding. What a strange and wonderful process.”<\/strong>
\n 
\n 
\nA more complete bio can be found here –
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Olsen<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/workingreporter.com\/wordpress\/a-question-of-priorities\/ <\/a>
\nor at his blog at
\nhttp:\/\/workingreporter.com\/wordpress<\/a> or his Facebook page at
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/workingreporter?ref=bookmarks<\/a><\/strong>
\n 
\n 
\nrobin@artvilla.com<\/a>
\nPoetryLifeTimes<\/a>
\nPoetry Life & Times<\/a><\/strong>
\neditor@artvilla.com<\/a>
\nwww.artvilla.com<\/a>
\nArtvilla.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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