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By: Hubert Wilson

MISTER W, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY DADDY'S JOB!
DON'T LET OUR FAMILY BE ROBBED!
DON'T USE JOB EMIGRATION
TO ROB AMERICAN JOBS ACROSS THE NATION!
OUR FAMILY CAN'T LIVE ON MINIMUM WAGE!
ALL OF US WILL BE IN POVERTY'S CAGE!
IS YOUR COMPASSION,
LIKE OUR FOOD STAMPS, BEING RATIONED?
THE JOB OF BIG SISTER LYDIA,
WENT TO INDIA!
HER HUSBAND BEAU,
SAW HIS GO TO MEXICO!
PROUD BIG BROTHER THAD,
FOUND ARMY WORK FOR AWHILE IN BAGHDAD.
THE COUNTRY CLUB NOW HAS HIRED HIM TO CLEAN THE RESTROOM,
ONCE HE LEARNS TO USE HIS ONE HAND AND A BROOM!
HE SMILES NO MORE,
SINCE HE CAME BACK FROM YOUR WAR!
EVERY NIGHT OUR MOTHER SOBS!
MISTER W, MAYBE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS DESERVED TO LOSE YOUR JOBS?

About this poem:
FOR MY FATHER WHO SPENT MUCH OF HIS ADULT LIFE HELPING VETERANS AND OTHER AMERICANS FIND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

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