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Retired
Robert William Service
I used to sing, when I was young,
The joy of idleness;
But now I'm grey I hold my tongue,
For frankly I confess
If I had not some job to do
I would...
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Retired
Nikhil Parekh
There was a time when I incessantly coaxed my boss to relieve me early; liberating me an infinitesimal trifle of my debilitatingly coercing schedule,...
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Paul. Retired.
Wayne Blair
No longer at the Bank's entrance

Cardboard sign in hand

"Some change would be appreciated."

This was a vocation.

Dedicated hours.

...
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My Muse Retired
Gisela Vigil
I reached for pen to write a thought,
from brain the words were leaking.
But Muse held firmly pen in hand
and then she started speaking…

“I...
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Retired Shopman
Robert William Service
He had the grocer's counter-stoop,
That little man so grey and neat;
His moustache had a doleful droop,
He hailed me in the slushy street.
"I've sold...
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Semi-retired
Cannon Stewart Daughtrey
Part I

You're a 45 pound sledge, to the stomach
For sure
A rubber semi-truck tire, on fire
One must strike to survive
Just to goddamn bounce...
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The Old Retired Sea Captain
James Whitcomb Riley
The old sea captain has sailed the seas
So long, that the waves at mirth,
Or the waves gone wild, and the crests of these,
Were as near playmates...
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The Retired Cat
William Cowper
A poet's cat, sedate and grave
  As poet well could wish to have,
  Was much addicted to inquire
  For nooks to which she might retire,
  And...
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Reflections of a Retired Teacher
Steve Cochrane
In Special Ed, I taught for years
With children learning slow.
Some were depressed with silent tears
While some let anger go.

Much patience...
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