A sudden slip
he’s sliding deep
in pink to sink
from payroll
to another role:
streets and benches
paper-bags and stench
refused, unused
defiled with lies.
I could not link up another sonnet to Grace’s subject at toads. For some reason I got to think about being given the pink slip, and wrote this very short piece. Have a wonderful Saturday.
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April 25, 2015
Björn Rudbergs writings 
facing that now… it’s almost never personal just some MBA with a spread sheet who changes someone’s life.
I’m sorry to hear that, also our company are doing cuts, but the slips will come in June. We have to see.
once one realizes that the it’s never about you, and your value as a person – it’s easier to take. I was lucky to get a good package. Others not so, it’s them I worry about.
This is a good one..! Hope you are doing well 🙂
you bring such compassion to the plight of the homeless…and how one thing can change so much.
Life often has a sudden change of circumstances for us, doesn’t it.
I liked the thought, Bjorn, and the brief way that you wrote it.
Right now we have a lot of ‘pink slips’ in the Houston, Texas, area because of the impact of very low crude oil price. One company has laid off about 20,000 workers.
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Great interpretation of the subject!
Of course the other side of pink, much appreciated. Happy you dropped in to read mine
Much love…
This is the kind of PINK no one likes to receive!
Though I love your sonnets, I think this fast hitting and raw piece is a very nice change of pace. It is so easy to slip out of society when that pink slip suddenly and unexpectedly appears… Sad reflection of society, beautifully written (as always)!
it is a tough slip and in the worst case for sure you find yourself on the other side of the road.. ugh
Not too concerned at the moment.. But it could happen.
The first stanza sounds like it is sliding….intensifying the message. If only more people realized how easily a life can change with a simple pink slip….homelessness, often the end result.
A different, and very effective take on the word ‘pink’.
I never want to receive that pink slip but it can be devastating when it is unexpected ~ The turn in the end gives me dread ~
Thanks for playing along and wishing you happy weekend ~
Yikes. Terrible thing to happen. Bt hanks ;@4 clever take. Sorry for typos. K.
Your brevity and brief snapshot image of this character is astounding! Well done, Bjorn.