Worker’s Lament

i feel
dizzy in my head
weak in my knees
got a twitch in my heart

but it ain’t love
no it ain’t love
it ain’t love i’m talking about

it’s the factory
it’s the factory
it’s the factory i’m working in!

i’ve got
nothing in my bank
debts to my neck
and a hole in my shoe
my eyes are turning red
and i’m losing my hair
got a buzz in my ear

i have
an ache in my head
a black and blue soul
and i feel down and out
but it ain’t work
no it ain’t work
it ain’t work i’m talking about!

it’s the woman i
it’s the woman i
it’s the woman i’m living with!

She got no class
She’s a pain in my ass
and she’s so crass…

Lust and Greed

Lust and greed

Intertwined

Greed asked

Where to?

And lust said

Just go!

And they left

Leaving love behind

©2024 Wilfred Hildonen All rights reserved.

Wilfred Hildonen was born on March 15, 1953, in the Arctic part of Norway, as far north as you can go and still be on the European Continent. His ancestry is a mix of Finnish, Carelian, indigenous Sámi with a touch of Romani – the relatives of the Roma, or Gypsies. The first time he moved, he was just a few months old and since then he has not stopped moving. He lives in Sweden at the moment, but is about to move back to Portugal, where he has lived earlier. He has also lived several years in Finland and on the Åland Islands in the middle of the Baltic Ocean, aside from several shorter stays in Brazil, Spain and Greece. He has been working as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator as well as a free artist for several years and his works have been published in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, France, Germany, Luxembourg, U.K., USA, Turkey to name a few. He also writes and has published two books so far – one in Norwegian and one collection of poetry and prose in English (and Norwegian) – Seven Times Down, published by Cajun Mutt Press. He speaks Norwegian, English, Swedish and Portuguese and get by in German, Spanish and Danish as well. He is collaborating with Cajun Mutt Press to publish a collection of his comix in 2024.