Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
When for a specific job role, you just don't seem to fit
It's like trying to fit a sqaure peg into a round hole
You have to make a living, so you really just can't quit
Being forced to stay, when you really want to go
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
You never are going to find the dignity and respect that you are looking for
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
When you're doing something you are not good at, there will only be unahappiness in store
When you have to fake it to make it day in and day out
It can be more exhausting than putting a hundred percent effort into something else
Putting on a polite front when deep down you want to scream and shout
When keeping up appearances just to make a living are putting you through hell
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
You never are going to find the dignity and respect that you are looking for
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
When you're doing something you are not good at, there will only be unahappiness in store
When you can't make a living doing what you love to do
You are forced to conform to the rules and regulations of someone else
You really want to make a living doing something that represents you
Instead you are just towing the line and everyday is a living hell
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
You are never going to find the dignity and respect that you are looking for
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
When you're doing something you are not good at, there will only be unahpppiness in store
Feeling forced to agree with someone that you don't agree with
For the sole reason that they are putting money into your workplace
Being forced to deal with somone who is potentially dangerous
Sometimes the big risk isn't worth the small reward and it's more than you take
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
You never are going to find the dignity and respect that you are looking for
When you're the Right Kind of Man In A Wrong Kind of World
When you're doing something you are not good at, there will only be unhappiness in store
From Broken and Burned Bridges
Copyright 2020 Resisting Distress Publishing
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Paul Ryerson
I am a writer who writes poetry & plays. I have also written a short film & I created an animated series on You Tube. Included on Power Poetry are seventy poems from my five poetry collections, Rhymes With A Reason, Too Much Unwanted Noise, Broken and Burned Bridges, Dying On The Inside and Fool’s Gold and Fool’s Paradise
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Deeply personal, autobiographical workplace frustration and identity mismatch.
Multiple layered ideas per section: misfit, exhaustion, conformity, dignity, danger.
Strongly negative: despair, hell, forced conformity, unhappiness throughout.
Intense emotional frustration but controlled delivery; repetition builds pressure.
Extended poem, 60+ lines across multiple stanzas with chorus.
Square peg metaphor plus personification; mostly direct statement otherwise.
Primarily lyric internal voice with some universal pronouncements.
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