Morning coffee break
Hungover on Rye Whiskey
Promise, not again

Monthly paycheck comes
Contemplate selling cocaine—
Get ahead at last!

Reading news online,
See the Company mentioned:
Embezzlement, fraud.

Start at nine, skip lunch
Stay late finishing report,
But its Saturday.

Wireless vendors
Can’t stop calling the office.
Stop wasting my time!

The Phone never stops,
Can’t work with the ringing!
At midnight, it stops.

Negotiations
Lead to new acquisitions.
Then there are layoffs

Lobby magazines
are not for employee use
Discarded unread

On Casual day,
I wore cut-offs and t-shirt.
Then I got fired.

Write a report on
Poor Resource Allocation.
It took me six days.

Parking lot is full
Have to park three blocks away
Late for staff meeting

Clutter on my desk
Makes me look like I’m busy.
Never work too hard.

Worthless stock options
Are not incentives for us;
They threaten layoffs.

I arrive on time:
Check email, read Newspaper
Start Working at ten.

I get out early
Hoping to beat rush hour.
Not the only one.

Invoices Arrive.
Sort. Pay. File. Consider:
Earn less than phone bill.

Organize my pens,
Shuffle paper on my desk.
Isn’t it five yet?