Labor Day

from Readymade by Schlimminy Cricket

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When the heat of the summer has finally waned
but the leaves haven't started to fall
there's a time when a spirit of giving and love
distills on the hearts of us all
and the families all come together
and the pauper sits down with the king
and the children write letters to Eugene Debs
to tell him what gifts he should bring
for Labor Day, that special day
when everyone's your friend
when the three day weekend reminds us all
that there was a time
a hundred years past
when you could eke out a respectable living
as part of a union
there's a shiny new dolly for Maddie and Jen
and a 40-hour work week for Tom
and women still don't get the same pay as men
but I'm sure that one's coming along
and we bury our white clothes and barbecue grills
and we send all the kids back to school
and after it's done we go back to our jobs
as cronies and corporate tools
after Labor Day, that special day
when everyone's your friend
when the three day weekend reminds us all
that there was a time
not long ago
when governments respected the rights of the workers
and social change came through organized effort
at the hands of the unions

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from Readymade, released March 16, 2017

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Schlimminy is for you and for me. Mostly for me. Songs about death and TV.

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