ICE Recruit
The ICE ad was on my favorite gaming site.
Sounded dope right away,
to finally act like a man,
nobody telling me to shut up,
nobody dissing me. And damn,
a 50 G signing bonus.
I needed it bad, all of it.
Staying nameless under those masks,
I like how it feels safe.
And yeah, a job with the feds.
Gramma always said
a government job was the ticket.
We move in a crew, protected,
and paycheck’s best I ever had.
Those foreigners, well,
I’m not one to rough ‘em up on my own
but I follow orders, you know,
that’s what you do on a job.
Some people are against us,
I don’t see why, I mean,
I’m not a bum, not like my old man.
I’m a working man.
Me, a Federal Agent!
No other jobs I could get
and this one makes me somebody.
Nobody messes with me now.
Once we clear the foreigners out,
I might get a different job.
I’m good at computer stuff
For now my pay goes mostly for rent
and passing half to Gram.
But I’m saving, see,
maybe I’ll get to tech school yet.
©Susa Silvermarie 2026
yea. you said a mouthful, poetically.
Susa,
You got it. You got inside a young man’s head and wrote a poem from there.
I know why the caged bird wants to be a singing Federal Agent. I see.
You showed us how that boy-man thinks.
And who is the recruiter, Oh Great Federal Recruiter?
Lin Lin
Great insight, Susa!