Our Social Security Checks Together

Robert Joseph Mattingly 1957 (Brookline, Massachusetts)



Over fourteen dollars
An hour like on a check.
Nobody here hollers;
"Underpaid," what the heck.

We thank God for it all,
Every single penny,
More than cashier in Mall;
Stockers, others many.

We are sixty-seven
And we have a routine,
No more work like heaven.
Retirement that I mean.

I used to drive my car,
The only jobs I had,
I mean like kind of far;
Not anymore I'm glad.l

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Better off than a lot of people.

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Written on March 09, 2024

Submitted by robertm.06281 on March 09, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 379
Words 90
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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