To Andrew Cuomo

     
To:  Andrew Cuomo, Governor, New York
From:  the Labor
Re:  Efforts and Results
Date:  February 26th, 2014
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To Andrew Cuomo

You lord about in limousines
As you had done before.
And then you bellow, bellicose,
Demanding more and more.

You dance around with denizens
Of regions that are tony.
You coddle them and bully us
With “reasons” that are phony.

Oh step out of your limousine
And fancy tie and suit.
Come shovel muck like workers do,
In dollars’ grim pursuit.

Oh Andrew, leave the Kennedys
For dinner at our “diner”.
Come eat it standing on the street,
And do not be a whiner.

An office?  Tie it on your back
Or cart it on a wheeler.
A desk?  A phone?  Remember, you’re
No more a wheeler-dealer!

Give up on sleep, oh Andrew, and
Work night and day – and harder.
And then perhaps you’ll understand
The viewpoint of a worker.

And when you’ve slaved enough, you’ll find
In your mailbox, see – a letter.
“Trying is nice, efforts are nice,
But results, oh slave, are better.”

And when you're fired, you could throw
Another temper-tantrum.
But you're no longer money's boy.
So try another mantram!

2014 February 26th, Wed.
Brooklyn, New York 
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/nyregion/new-york-officials-stall-plans-to-tweak-teacher-evaluations.html