An unemployed Machinist by John Giorno

The repetitiveness in this poem was something new to me,especially in the fashion that Giorno did it. In the first 2 lines he repeated "an unemployed machinist" which made me think that the author wanted the reader to notice that he is unemployed and is a machinist, perhaps thats all he is. The author was trying to get that point across perhaps. In the end of the poem he walks into a police station and says hes scared. Maybe the machinist ( or author ) experienced something bad in their lifetime and maybe forgot about what he went through but was still scared.

There It Is- Jayne Cortez

The way she writes makes you feel that her words alone could overcome oppression.In the end of the poem she says " and there it is" That makes me feel that she is basically saying if we don't overcome all of the oppression that is going on then we will stay oppressed "there it is" its that simple.She makes you want to take control of your own life and try to better yourself.