State of the Economy

I can barely make sense of what happened today

I went to work not knowing things were headed this way

The keyboard is probably still grimy from my touch

Why I was let go, I do not understand much..

Or, not at all- it was only a few weeks ago

That I had finally started to grow

In my career, and now I have joined the ranks

Of the unemployed, I can only thank

My stars that I have some savings stashed away

Meant to carry me through a rainy day..

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I finished my college degree with a substantial loan

And in the world of job-seekers I was thrown

On that battlefield I still remain

Enduring day after day the excruciating pain

Of rejection from yet another organization

It seems my degree has little application

In the real world- but I still have bills to pay The student loan also looms over my head every day

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I tried hard to find a job that would be commensurate

With my educational qualifications, but fate

A different plan for me had deployed

I have a job, but I am underemployed

I get paid, but it barely covers the bills

I am looking for a better position still

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Different stories, different paths that have now converged

In the depths of unemployment and despair we are now submerged

Looking for jobs is the hardest thing we have done

We cannot give up, we’ve just begun