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Office Wars
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Office Wars |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA 
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It's quieter now, a lull in the fight. No phones are ringing, casualties are light. Prepare yourself, for I hear the sound. The rumble of pencils, and the paperclip pound. Phones do battle, as to paper and pen. The letters take point, the memos dig in. The orders are given, and the forms fly. Typwriters explode, where wounded clerks lie. A cease fire is called, and this day is done. For an ongoing war, that cannot be won. Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP "Everything is your own damn fault, if you are any good." E. Hemmingway |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
HEY! We must work in the same office!!!  This is quite an apt description! (I think the man who invented the phone should be hung by his toes and shot 'til he's dead!  ) |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Hate those wars that can't be won. Hate wars period but I have to live them same as all. I am getting my rose colored glasses fixed soon so I can ignore these realities. Great down to earth poem! |
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