The Work Ethic by Ian Lewis Copestick

Sometimes I

wonder, "Do I

really miss

working? "

And then I

think. " Am I

fucking insane? "

The camaraderie,

the laughs, yes

I can see how I'd

miss that.

But the awful, hard

work, the sweat, and

the pain. Do I really

want to go through

that again?

Having said that

though it does

help your self esteem,

being a worthwhile

member of society, but

fuck that!

No!

It's just brainwashing,

conning the working

class to what we should

do!

I'm just as good a person

not working, as I am when

I am.

Ian Lewis Copestick is a 48 year old writer (I prefer that term to poet ) from Stoke on Trent, England. I spend most of my life sitting,  thinking then sometimes writing. I have been published in Anti Heroin Chic, the Dope Fiend Daily, Outlaw Poetry, Synchronized Chaos, the Rye Whiskey Review, Medusa's Kitchen and Horror Sleaze Trash.