FREE AT LAST!?!

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New Prompt: Write a story or poem about an employe that just got fired. It can be from the employee or the employer perspective.

FREE AT LAST!?!

I had a most outrageous job;
I let them treat me bad--
was well known in my fie'ld,
but at work, I was had!

They fired me one hot Memphis day--
was the WINNER at last,
and all that I could do was cheer
these happy words so fast:

Oh, I am free at last!!
You folks are in my past!!
No more fights at the coke machine--
you get to keep your damn old GREEN!!

Yes, I am free at last!!
My car is moving fast!
You've made me crazy far too long--
you've treated me so wrong!

(This happened all so fast!
And, how long could I last?
Their stingy paychecks didn't stretch
enough to let me catch

my breath to find new work!
I'm feeling like a jerk!!
The implications are so vast--
oh, am I free at last!!

So, is this REALLY free?
Now, it's all up to me!
to find a way to feed these cats,
so should I feel such GLEE?)

Yes, I am free at last!
although I am agast
at where I've gotten, by contrast,
so, GOOD-BY to my past!