day THIRTEEN HUNDRED and TWENTY

the corporate american

workplace is changing

but

not because

of computers

or ai

but a pandemic

that has killed

hundreds of thousands

now the corporate masters understand

that they

don’t need you

trudging into the office every day

sitting in traffic

growing angry and old

to do

their bidding

for a stagnant paycheck

leave that horseshit

to the laborers and grocery clerks

they got you tethered to home now

scared shitless

working flexible hours

on call

at all hours

more emails

more meetings

your living space becomes your office

until you grow

to hate home too

the trade-off

is that you can work

in your jammies

or your favorite t-shirt

and

that you’re not

…dead

the corporate american

workplace is changing

you can wear your slippers

and breathe

all of the free air you want

because the monster

now lives

inside your home

the corporate american

workplace is changing

its growing

its adapting

but at the end

of the day

one thing

will

always

remain

the same

the corporate american workplace

still

gets

to

own

your

very

soul.

--John Grochalski