Give Us Our Daily Bread

By luigi_pagano

Sun, 17 Dec 2017
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A note went round
saying that it was felt
the gristmill business
had done very well.
It produced fine flour,
self-raising and spelt,
from excellent grain.
The value of the assets
had gone up a lot
and so had the goodwill.
To all men (there were seven)
and three women
who worked at the mill
to hear the good news
was manna from heaven.
As they had received praise
they had an excuse
to ask for a raise.
Could the management refuse?
 
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Submitted by luigi_pagano on

The other meaning of 'goodwill'. wink

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I had not heard of that use of the word. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

You would be familiar with that term if you were running a business, Rhiannon, or involved in accountancy.
Not much used in poetry, I admit, but the I.P. gives us quite a bit of latitude.

Luigi x

P.S. you will have noticed that I interpolated the saying goodwill to all men in the poem.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Yes, I thought your splitting the phrase like that was clever and neat! Rhiannon