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Astro
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0 posted 2003-01-09 03:21 PM


The drone of the continuous
    Office drill
Blares like the Emergency Broadcast System,
Is bleating like a broken lamb
Doing what it does until it's
  Done
    Redone
      And fecund.

What if Paul Bunyan
    and Pecos Bill
Had been pressed and pampered
Into white-collar jumpsuits?
Would they have cleared the forest
With a single stroke
Or rode a tornado like a bare-bull rodeo?
    No.
They'd be sitting here
Playing Minesweeper and waiting
For the clock to eclipse their boredom.

© Copyright 2003 Luke Austin Donatello - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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1 posted 2003-01-09 03:28 PM


I have quit more jobs just because of this.

It IS maddening.

Gentle Spirit
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2 posted 2003-01-09 03:32 PM


Something common many share is those kind of jobs that seem to take something away each day.  Well done, welcome to Passions!
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3 posted 2003-01-09 06:56 PM


Ha ha ha ha ha! Our office disabled minesweeper and solitaire.
Magnus
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4 posted 2003-01-09 06:59 PM


Cute,  like this one....those things are
frustrating aren't they?

passing shadows
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5 posted 2003-01-10 03:07 AM


dang! I know what you mean!
garysgirl
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6 posted 2003-01-10 09:06 AM


Astro,
you did a very good job of describing your feelings.
I hope that you find a job more exciting one day, if possible....  

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~  
                  

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