Minimum wage
It’s what the state wants
Not your friend in chipotle
Or family members restaurant
Doesn’t need a war
Both sides can win
No one works together
Just one putting the other in a cage
Minimum wage
Tugging and pulling
Both employees and employers
Which one does the government favor
Both sides wait as the gov takes the stage
Minimum wage
Working under the blissing heat
Keeping a smile for the repulsive customers
Bringing the food over
Just to get yelled at
Sent back
And I go back
My child has to be fed
Will $15 an hour come of age
Minimum wage
My business barely makes ends meet
And the people want more than I can give
I have to send money to my mother back home
I don’t think she can live
She’s had cancer for a year
My business is her life system
15 an hour?
Thinking of the effects just bring my fear
I have to shut this place down if I want my mother to survive
2 weeks later
“my name is john ill be your waiter today “
Mohammed, You surprised me by writing a poem about the minimum wage!! One of the things that I especially like about your poem is that it succeeds in conveying the complexity of the issue that you addressed in your research paper. The poem makes clear that there is not one simple right answer to the question of what the minimum wage should be. You also show sympathy both for the people working minimum wage jobs in fast food restaurants and for small business owners who would be affected by an increase in the minimum wage. The use of repetition in the poem make me think it might be good as a song, and I liked your last line! Nice work!
JS