INTROSPECTIVE POEM WHAT’S YOUR WAGE BY JESSIE BELLE RITTENHOUSE
1 min readJan 2, 2019
WHAT'S YOUR WAGE
I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.
Jessie B. Rittenhouse (1869 – 1948)