Would You Do This Job? Poem by Juan Olivarez
Would You Do This Job?
Chased down and hounded, for working in the fields,
Killed in traffic accidents for wanting to wash dishes.
Arrested and humiliated for wanting a better way of life.
Treated like inhuman garbage, for wanting to scrub toilets.
Putting their lives on the line, For a job nobody wants.
Willing to endure the harshest treks through the wilderness.
For a minimum wage job.
To support loved ones, three thousand miles away.
Would you do this job, would you even want it?
Would you apply for it?
Would you covet it and say, I work in America with pride?
Would you do this job, thousands are willing, with pride.
Alton Texas
again, anyone willing to work should be allowed to come here and work.... and all workers should be treated with respect and dignity! i have trouble with people, and there are a lot of them here, whose people have been here for generations, who could work, and wont! who look only for the free ride!
When the fire in the stomach is hotter than the street of the countries, which offer jobs, people still like to go and work. What to do? Our people are poor and want to go out as Europeans had done few centuries ago! Good poem that remembers the hardship of hard working individuals..10 marks
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/10/2024 8:24:01 PM # 1.0.0.1119
there is only one race, the human race... we should be citizens of the world, not bound by countries... we are in the end responsible for each other, and it's time we realized it!