Found Poetry: Notes To Self At Work

Notes To Self At Work

The trick is to appear occupied
no matter how little there actually is to do.
Mind-numbing tasks lend themselves well to auto-pilot
but there are those times when one has to idle
while simultaneously seeming busy ...

Slacking really is harder as some say;
it's what many companies deserve for how little they pay.
The Peter Principle runs rampant, in one or another way.

So let's play at work

Let's work at play

Such arts are lost

This age and day

Don't dither-dabble

Nor trail the rabble

Cut cork and cost

Scribble with scrabble

Rude ranting riddle

Brooks down our middle

Pick up a fiddle

It's time to diddle!

In all seriousness, true human esprit requires much more than these material means.

Adversity plus dire risk

have ever driven men and women toward fulfillment, success, and victory.

Blood simmers due to circumstance, although it was once kindled through passion.

Soul seethes within this body biting on its own tongue
(a fiery bird may soon rise ashen).
Only the most desperately lost follow after another's fashion!

Ending Senryu:

An anthill swarming

With manic activity;

Looking glass glistens.

Box factory blues

Methodical madness rules;

Bosses be wanton.

Corporate hive buzz

Until close of business day.

Money makes people.

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