Broke Stay Broke

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Before becoming an educator Tim Stafford worked as a telemarketer burger flipper jiu-jitsu instructor MMA referee and print shop lackey. His book Broke Stay Broke explores the world of the working poor the world of second jobs side-hustles and accumulated debt. Stafford's poems are filled with insight and humor from someone who has lived through the struggle but still finds time to celebrate the come-ups.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Through these poems Tim illustrates the delicate balancing act of work relationships fatherhood and art. Sometimes he gets it right sometimes wrong but the poems are always honest.</span></p><p></p>