Saturday, August 29, 2020

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

                                   

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