Hustle Hard by Carlos Contreras
Hi,
I’m Carlos and I’m a workaholic
that’s right, I got time to find time to
figure out just how to work more
before I clock out and the sun goes down…
When I get up, I hustle
was taught to not figure yourself out of the
fight until the final bell sounds – and right now
I am fighting for my life.
I,
am happy to have your workload if you can’t
handle it – I will get it done on my lunch hour
how’s that for food for thought?
I thought,
we were all put here to hustle?
no?
Yes,
I rest, when my eyes are closed
and one day, that will be infinitely
so – so, when I am extinct…
no longer a creature of creativity
and callused hands, no longer a man
but dust to dust – and so I shall return.
until then, I burn,
the wick at both ends
until it scorches between the tips of my
digits – and look back at the product
post putting in work and observe the
fruits of this labor.
It tastes like:
sweat
like blood
like tears
like pride –
I swallow it proudly.
Hi,
My name is Carlos
and I’m a workaholic –
I choose not to recover,
but rather to announce the fact
that I am proud of just how much
I can get done
while there’s still sun, and or
by the light of the moon –
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Find Carlos and Hakim Bellamy’s latest collection of poetry, Onna Tuesday by clicking here.
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Carlos Contreras has been recognized as a national champion performance poet. He got his start in the area of competitive spoken word, or Slam Poetry. He is currently the Marketing Director for the City of Albuquerque, a community organizer and Programming Manager at Tractor Brewery Wells Park. He is the Founder of Imma Star Productions which is dedicated to promoting Poetry, Journalism, Activism, and Humanism. He grew up and resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. READ MORE
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