04-11-2016, 10:28 AM
Jobs: Americans Won’t Do II
Don’t turn away in shame, my friend. You learned
the ropes from me, so now they’ve cut me loose.
You’re young, well-educated, and you spurned
your native land - you flew to be of use.
Your English jars, imperfect, though you speak
and read four languages - three more than I;
your hard-earned pay’s a pittance, and will peak
at less than I got, not two-thirds as high.
But what you earn, what you will learn here makes
you half as golden as a Party hack
back in your homeland. For your kindred’s sakes
work well, although you’re why I got the sack.
This magic kingdom won’t embrace its own
while it’s allowed to import and to clone.
@mods/adms - This is a complete reboot, placed here entirely because it responds to critiques of the original... with which it has only a very general theme in common. Please punch another of my critique chits
. (Or it can be moved to its own thread.)
@bedeep - Dramatizing a wound which really didn't seem so deep at the time, though it now seems to have been on the leading edge of a Trend... and conflating it with a more recent and much more wounding example.
@milo, @achebe - Does this sneak the message in more effectively - a stealth Western Union messenger?
Don’t turn away in shame, my friend. You learned
the ropes from me, so now they’ve cut me loose.
You’re young, well-educated, and you spurned
your native land - you flew to be of use.
Your English jars, imperfect, though you speak
and read four languages - three more than I;
your hard-earned pay’s a pittance, and will peak
at less than I got, not two-thirds as high.
But what you earn, what you will learn here makes
you half as golden as a Party hack
back in your homeland. For your kindred’s sakes
work well, although you’re why I got the sack.
This magic kingdom won’t embrace its own
while it’s allowed to import and to clone.
@mods/adms - This is a complete reboot, placed here entirely because it responds to critiques of the original... with which it has only a very general theme in common. Please punch another of my critique chits
. (Or it can be moved to its own thread.)@bedeep - Dramatizing a wound which really didn't seem so deep at the time, though it now seems to have been on the leading edge of a Trend... and conflating it with a more recent and much more wounding example.
@milo, @achebe - Does this sneak the message in more effectively - a stealth Western Union messenger?
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