I Am A Desperate Man

I Am A Desperate Man

A Poem by willbradley
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I think this is more a gut reaction to how life can steam roll us at times. We all feel the need to efficate. Sometimes we get behind the 8 ball and struggle to recover.

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I am a desperate man
I scavenge for opportunity
I look for the easy way
I look for what is fast
I look for what will serve me now
because I fear tomorrow is endangered
hiding will not serve me
so I run naked through the street
though I have lost my shirt in a bet with my employer
the wager was was a career
he held the cards
as did my prior employer
and the ones before
my livelihood is akin to my youth
it wanes quickly
fear is my comfort
my slaver
my friend
my lover
my enemy
and I am its prey
I do not strike out for gain
premeditation is a luxury
a luxury for those with time
or who time has befriended
the hustle is art
quick hands master it
the wise have mastered those with quick hands
I am not wise
I am desperate

© 2021 willbradley


Author's Note

willbradley
I'm unconcerned with grammar in poetry and let it live as independent from that kind of structure, so that's not not feedback I'm looking for. Just tell me what you think:
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The poem is quite revealing of the consciousness of the speaker, who seems both impatient and fearful. Of interest is the mention of having had several different employers and a fascination with "the hustle" and "the easy way." Somehow I think these things have a lot to do with his being desperate.

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

willbradley

2 Years Ago

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, there are elements of it I relate to and put myself into it a bit. To.. read more



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I'm picking up on feeling of frustration
and a touch of general anxiety ..wanting
things to happen faster and as planned
but they don't.. I do like the way you
wrote this. very well expressed

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

willbradley

2 Years Ago

Thanks very much!!
That was interesting, sad, I didn't connect the dots though, so it says you were desperate for things and just enjoy day by day not worrying about tomorrow?

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

willbradley

2 Years Ago

It's more about when we are feeling at the end of our ropes, we have a tendency to be rash and not t.. read more
NhanHoang

2 Years Ago

alright, thank you.
willbradley

2 Years Ago

Thank you! I appreciate the insight.
In my lifetime (I'm 65) I've seen many many friends go thru jobs, thinking they were the ones with a problem keeping a job, & then as the decades roll by & this escalates & becomes news -- wow! So it wasn't the workers, after all. It was bad management & bad government. I think lots of people were hoodwinked into accepting lower & lower wages as their lives went onward, rather than making progress, as one might expect. Your poem reminds me of how this person, experiencing all this over the years, might feel (((HUGS)))

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

willbradley

2 Years Ago

Thanks! I think you pretty much nailed it.
The poem is quite revealing of the consciousness of the speaker, who seems both impatient and fearful. Of interest is the mention of having had several different employers and a fascination with "the hustle" and "the easy way." Somehow I think these things have a lot to do with his being desperate.

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

willbradley

2 Years Ago

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, there are elements of it I relate to and put myself into it a bit. To.. read more

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Added on September 15, 2021
Last Updated on September 15, 2021
Tags: emotional, frustration, work, fear, cerebral, psychological

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willbradley
willbradley

Kingman, AZ



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I'm a visual artist by trade, but love to write. I've nearly finished my second novel, and am about a third of the way through my first. My favorite genre is fantasy, but as long as it's really good w.. more..

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