<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545646" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Arthritic Johnny</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's worked for bosses all of his working life poor Johnny<br>And now he walks with the aid of walking cane<br>His fingers bent and knobby from arthritis<br>And he feels stiff all over from work strain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From his drainer job he took early retirement<br>Four years ago when he was sixty one<br>He could not carry on due to arthritis<br>Magnified by the hard labouring he had done.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those who grew wealthy out of his exertions<br>Ignore him now when they meet on the street<br>He's made life better for their sons and daughters<br>Yet he's a stranger to them when they meet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perhaps they feel that they don't owe him any<br>That's for services rendered to them he's been paid<br>But of course they won't admit to the vast fortunes<br>Out of him and others like him they have made.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To afford him any sort of recognition<br>Would be admitting to him that they owe<br>So every time they see arthritic Johnny<br>He's one of those that they don't pretend to know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All his working years he's laboured for his bosses<br>And he has work stiffnes to show for his gain<br>And his hands and legs are paining from arthritis<br>And he walks around with the aid of walking cane</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545646" data-title="Arthritic Johnny de Francis Duggan" data-description="He's worked for bosses all of his working life poor Johnny And now he walks with the aid of walking cane His fingers bent and knobby from arthritis And he feels stiff all over from work strain. From his drainer job he took early retirement Four y..."></div> </div> </div>

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