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Going on the fifth week today, last month my name was Faye 

Today, it’s “Unemployed”, how strange you might say

When my telephone rings, I answer “Unemployed, what’s up?”

It makes the callers uncomfortable and they laugh, because it’s true

I am UNEMPLOYED

Unfortunately in today’s economy, next time it could be you

For several months, firms have been dropping folks from left to right;

And week to week I’d go to work keeping a lookout to hopefully

dodge the next bomb on site

But when word got out the Bush-recession had come

to roost at our company’s door; many scenarios were put in the air;

I knew from experience that last to come; first to go, seemed unfair…

Unless…

The firm realized that I was one of their best

employees that had the most experience to offer and extensive resume in my field;

would they do the right thing; and make me a deal?

Or, do the thing I dread,

Layoff!  Fire! Downsize! Bang! You’re dead!

For they all mean only one thing to me

I AM UNEMPLOYED