Lost my job <br />Recently when my company <br />Took right sizing measures <br />To meet the global economic challenge <br /> <br />I am a carpenter <br />By profession <br />And all these years <br />I have been shaping <br />And sizing woods <br />To meet the requirements <br />Of company furniture <br /> <br />A good number of <br />My colleagues <br />Were relieved of <br />Company’s services <br />With three months’ salary <br />And it took care of <br />My family comprising <br />My wife and ten year old son <br />For almost six months now <br /> <br />Thank God <br />Thanksgiving day <br />Neared and I got the job <br />As a well-wisher in <br />One mart, <br />Which claims itself smart <br />I joined them a month back <br />And I earned my first fortnight wages <br />Which made me feel <br />That not everything is over <br />I too have a life ahead <br /> <br />Came the thanksgiving day, <br />Which falls on a Thursday <br />And on the Friday morning next <br />Our mart is offering <br />Attractive super offers <br />I was to take care of an entrance of the mart <br />As there will be a crowd waiting outside <br />To rush in and avail the best offers <br />As some of them are very limited <br /> <br />Friday morning five ‘o clock <br />I pulled shutters up <br />And there came in a flood of people <br />Most of them out of control <br />Someone knocked me so harsh <br />I stumbled and fell down <br />Crowd did not stop <br />Minding not the fallen me <br />And many stamping me <br />It took no time for me <br />To realise that I was <br />In a stampede <br />Soon I was attended <br />By doctors <br />And I could hear them <br />Telling that I am a gone case <br /> <br />I was wondering whether <br />In the name of financial wisdom <br />People are becoming <br />Economically mad <br /> <br />My store mart <br />Has its slogan as <br />“Save Dollars, Live Better” <br /> <br />It would be right <br />If it reads <br />“Save Dollars, Live Better – <br />Even if it means killing our staff”<br /><br />Bashyam Narayanan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/friday-morning-five-o-clock/
