Be Glad You Have a Job
there was a time
a long time ago
when my boss
said
are you happy
the big man is concerned
he thinks you don’t look happy
that was a long time ago
and then came
be glad you have a job
people are our most
valuable resource
we have a performance management process
close the door please
how did we go from
are you happy to
be glad you have a job?
When did the big man turn from
an old man to a young guy
and an old man into an entitlement
david michael jackson
I’m tired said the man
but you haven’t told me the story
of the dog and the honey bee
you have heard it before
but
okay
the dog was walking his
dog walk
along the trail
sniffing this
sniffing that
and the honey bee
landed on his nose
and looked him
straight in the eye
buzz said the bee
buzz off said the dog
or I’ll lick you dead with my tongue
I’ll sting that tongue
said the bee
and die doing it
but you’ll know I was there Mr Dog
So the bee buzzed
and the dog walked along
with the bee on his nose
Buzz buzz said the bee
Bark bark said the dog
I think I like you bee
You can be my bee
I’m nobody’s bee
said the bee
I visit the flowers
and make honey
Mr Dog
And I’m very glad
you got to meet me
said the bee
So the bee and the dog
went along
and got along
david michael jackson
Autumn is a beautiful wake
with the orange
and red colors it makes
a funeral of leaves.
Birds and
butterflies flutter south
away from the mouth
of the winter stream
of cold air
Leaf raker’s it makes
of us
and we pile them
and children
jump into them
and the leaves
in orange and
the trees in black
dance for us
against a blue sky
I am always a little sad in autumn
to see the summer go
like a friend leaving town for a year
packing his shorts
and the Bermuda shirt
and his sandals
Every Spring I say
I have made it through
another winter,
every Fall I wonder
will this be the one
It’s best to just
jump in the pile of leaves
instead
david michael jackson
Get out there
fall down or something,
where is Buster Keaton
when you need him
all they want
is a laugh
some love
and a coke
Say the art show was good
and you saw a piece or two
that maybe mattered
to you only
Say the dog walked across the street
and he was a brown dog
the kind that follows you around but
never gets in the way
and his name was Buddy
Say the night was good
to the street
and the streetlights
and you passed people
and smiled
and they smiled back
Say the art was good
but you came home longing
for the girl you couldn’t have
and she left you
breathless and in love
anyway
david michael jackson September 26, 2012
I am a guy on the streets
smiling at the people
he meets
the wine was good
the wine was good
the food was good too
the tasting of it
left us wanting more wine
and oh
the wine was good
and the days flowed
like water wind and wine
and we loved and made love
and the love was good
the love was good
so let the water flow and the wind blow and the birds sing
of the days we left behind us like spider webs in a room