Sausage

by Ron Lucas / April 15th, 2018

Saw an ex-stock
Trader
Say: working on
Wall Street
Was
Like working in
A slaughterhouse,
Except,
Instead of becoming
Vegetarian,
You start becoming
Sick
At
The sight of
Money.

I guess you learn
To see
The blood
On it
From grinding up
Human

Lives.

Ron Lucas is an autodidactic, former factory and warehouse laborer. His poetry has appeared, off and on, in various publications for years. Read other articles by Ron.

This article was posted on Sunday, April 15th, 2018 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.