{"id":2713,"date":"2017-06-19T12:34:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T17:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2017-06-19T12:34:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T17:34:44","slug":"poem-wrenching-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/19\/poem-wrenching-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Wrenching Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>He threw himself into his work<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Like a wrench<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>More than just<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A gag<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In a wrenching machine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/They-deem-me-mad-because-I-will-not-sell-my-days-for-gold-and-I-deem-them-mad-because-they-think-my-days-have-a-price-Kahlil-Gibran-quote-POLITICAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/They-deem-me-mad-because-I-will-not-sell-my-days-for-gold-and-I-deem-them-mad-because-they-think-my-days-have-a-price-Kahlil-Gibran-quote.gif\" alt=\"They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price -- Kahlil Gibran quote POLITICAL BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/Question-Consumption.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Question-Consumption.gif\" alt=\"Question Consumption - POLITICAL BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>Here is a Monday poem dedicated to all anti-work workers, those less-than-willing cogs in dehumanizing machines. \u00a0I am so grateful for being my own boss and running my own business, where I can escape many of the heart-wrenching accommodations faced by wage slaves. \u00a0I heartily recommend simplifying your material needs to help minimize any need of selling yourself to dubious employers. \u00a0This also doubles as an anti-consumer, low-resource consumption lifestyle. \u00a0May we all find meaningful vocations untethered to capitalist exploitation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/The-issue-isn-t-just-jobs-Even-slaves-had-jobs-The-issue-is-wages-Jim-Hightower-quote-POLITICAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/The-issue-isn-t-just-jobs-Even-slaves-had-jobs-The-issue-is-wages-Jim-Hightower-quote.gif\" width=\"172\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/Debt-Slavery-No-Chains-Necessary-Sisyphus.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Debt-Slavery-No-Chains-Necessary-Sisyphus.gif\" alt=\"Debt Slavery - No Chains Necessary (Sisyphus) - POLITICAL BUTTON\" width=\"171\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/If-Wealth-Was-The-Inevitable-Result-of-Hard-Work-Every-Woman-In-Africa-Would-Be-A-Millionaire-George-Monbiot-quote-POLITICAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/If-Wealth-Was-The-Inevitable-Result-of-Hard-Work-Every-Woman-In-Africa-Would-Be-A-Millionaire-George-Monbiot-quote.gif\" alt=\"If Wealth Was The Inevitable Result of Hard Work, Every Woman In Africa Would Be A Millionaire -- George Monbiot quote POLITICAL BUTTON\" width=\"171\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Buttons\/Simplicity-Trumps-Affluence-Royal-Flush-SPIRITUAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Simplicity-Trumps-Affluence-Royal-Flush.gif\" alt=\"Simplicity Trumps Affluence [Royal Flush] SPIRITUAL BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He threw himself into his work Like a wrench More than just A gag In a wrenching machine Here is a Monday poem dedicated to all anti-work workers, those less-than-willing cogs in dehumanizing machines. \u00a0I am so grateful for being &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/19\/poem-wrenching-machine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[512,170,88,431,625,658,94,53,380],"class_list":["post-2713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-business","tag-consumption","tag-dehumanizing","tag-heart","tag-lifestyle","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-short-poems","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Wrenching Machine | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: Wrenching Machine, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Business, Consumption, 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