Shiny old men
sporting slick black shoes
slither from
the boardroom confessional
smiling.
Corporate sins revealed,
revised,
revalued in a 3:1 ratio
to Hail Marys and shareholder reports.
Patterns in the carpet
pull my eyes from theirs
because if allowed a glimpse
into that smiling soullessness,
I will be complicit.
And the carpet,
well, the carpet doesn't ask
and the carpet never judges.
A contest entry
- Underwater covalent bonding by porksnorkel.
3000 points, ended June 26, 15 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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god damn it. I didn't look at this again before clicking the judge thingie. I send you some points. I like this.
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hey well
such is the life of an Aquatech blend-o-matic 9000 salesman. Sometimes you're the blender and,well, sometimes you're the frog... Thanks for the points anyhoo, not sure what I'll do with em since I gave up hosting contests long ago. Mebbe just let em sit and collect interest until the next shareholder report comes out.
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The goal was to beat the system, most times just to get by, but of course there were some with bigger ideas. Over time, we found it had a lot of holes in it, because the big wheels wanted to get in and get out before anyone noticed that they were there--but mostly it was the little guy Nickel and dimeing the corporations to death who in turn thought they had the ass by the tail, letting the guvment bleed money.
till we all got caught with our pants down, staring at the carpet we bought on time in the house we never paid for--
now, there's some that think they were honest, but I wondered if they've examined their soul; and what it is they actually worked for. -
I liked this before the blender got it. Now, I don't know what to think, as I am too old for pablum and too young to start taking my dinners through a straw.
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pablum through a straw?
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end it at "judges"
begin it:
shiny old men
sporting slick black shoes
smile
slither from
the boardroom confessional
this could be pretty good
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i see now
how incredibly awkward those first few lines were. thanks for the nudge
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what happened? I read it and came back, but I've been sold short
and there's the rug again
spooky
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