Rats and Kidneys (poem) by Patrick A Granfors on AuthorsDen

Rats and Kidneys
by Patrick A Granfors → (All Poetry by Patrick A Granfors)
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Subordinate body parts, the latest in Supervision's fringe benefit package. Talk about an ingrate. Jackie Brucia who is employed by a Long Island, NY auto dealership group received a donated kidney from a person in San Francisco as a result of subordinate co-worker Debbie Steven�s donation of her kidney to a man in Missouri through a donation chain. Jackie approached Debbie after a planned alternate donation fell through since Debbie had previously volunteered to donate in Jackie�s behalf. Debbie was fired shortly after returning to work from the surgery, (she thinks too soon) because she felt ill and needed to go home to rest. Her boss Jackie, called her from her own home to chastise her for going home sick. Apparently Jackie still wasn�t well enough to go back to work yet either. It remains true ; no good deed goes unpunished

When I said I’d give a kidney So you could work until retired I never figured that within a week I’d hear the words “you’re fired” My concentration may have been Not quite up to snuff But at least I tried to come to work While you sat on your duff It’s now plain for all to see The surgery lacked a crucial part Along with a donated kidney Should have been a transplant heart But it’s OK I’ll make it through This tickles my funny bone I heard it through the grapevine Your kidney has a stone Copyright © 2012 Patrick Granfors

Reviewed by Annabel Sheila

Reviewed on April 30, 2012

Giggle....what goes around comes around!

Anna

Reviewed by Vivian Dawson

Reviewed on April 29, 2012

Such an injustice is worth your
poetry so well versed *Patrick*

Lady Vivian

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on April 27, 2012

Now ain't that the rat's ass! How do these bastards get to be bosses anyway. There's something strange in our hierarchical system.

My father never was boss. He was however, deprived during the depression. Maybe that's why he had a rather selfish streak. Come to find out, just before he died, that he had only one kidney. Maybe donated one back in those lean days during the Great Depression. ;-)

Ron

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Doesn't surprise me at all, not these extremely self-centered days. 'No good deed goes unpunished' has returned with a vengeance for far too many.

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman

Reviewed on April 26, 2012

This is almost unbelivable. Just goes to show that buried within many humans there indeed lies a heart of stone.
Mark

Reviewed by Budd Nelson

Patrick,
wonderfuly done again, tickled mu funny bone.
budd

Reviewed by Paul Berube

A complete and total ingrate. Too, too sad.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Looked up a word from Lonnies review that I never heard of & the following is what came up "Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word commidification." So now I know not what to say except that as always I like this poem & the reason for the writing thereof...e

Reviewed by JASMIN HORST SEILER

A stone heart and a kidney stone and rocks in the head, well said Patrick, even with all this pain, you can't hide your humour.
Bless ya!

Reviewed by Lonnie Hicks

Wow. The commidification of every thing. Kidneys too? Love the rat.

Reviewed by Richard King

UN-FRICKIN-BELIEVABLE!!!! but nicely expressed. Dick

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan

ridiculous! well expressed here though!