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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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Doublespeak Nothing flows from this pen My job robbed half my mind The left brain has taken control Leaving the right side blind. It’s all about cold calculation Not about poetic expression Eye of a camera watching With thinly veiled oppression. Security checks at each door Tracking my every move, Monitoring computer access “They” that might disapprove. Thought I could sneak a poem in During the observed lunch hour, But the brain implant had fits Shutting down creative power. George Orwell was correct Just took a decade or so more We’ve reached that pinnacle Welcome to nineteen-eighty four. © C. M. Bailey, employee # 32586 |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
psst, Corinne - I have diverted the camera for a brief moment or two. Great poem. Are you really working somewhere that uses this tight security? Man - talk about scary. I sure hope she doesn't find the camera I've hidden in her shower - woo hoo |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh Corrine ... well done! Loved the flow in this, and shudder at the consequences. Hope all turned out OK though Employee #32586!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
And that is exactly why I left my old career. One of the reasons anyway. Don't like being watched over the shoulder like I am planning some scheme to bring down the whole company that I work my butt off for. Nice to see you sneak one in though. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Corinne~ 'the brain implant had fits Shutting down creative power.' Glad to see you re-booted ! You're kewl ! The coast is clear ! Big Brother ain't a member here !  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Not even "big brother" can stop the flow of poetry ... might stall it or slow it ...but ya just proved he cant stop it ... very Cool C, ..very ... a friend of mines job.... they installed alarms in the puters ... any time they tried to sneak on-line into sites for personal use ..their puter gave them away ...LOL could you see ME there LOL LOL... Id blow the things up sneaking in passions to post.. (pre-rehab...OF COURSE)  LOLlater-break-outta-hell-gator jm |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
LgnJhn, you wouldn't believe it if I told you. They even called me to verify that I really have two children when I got tickets for them for the company picnic, using my W-2 form. After I swirled a storm of blue, I gave the tickets back, me and my kids have better things to do anyhoo. And about the shower, well, they do have them, haven't used them yet, but they are in the process of building a gym. If I use the shower, I'll just flip them the bird for the hell of it! Muhahahaha! Corinne [This message has been edited by Corinne (edited 10-01-2000).] |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thanks, Kit, well, we'll see if I last. I'm probably too much of a rebel... Yeah, Mark, it is really a very foreign culture to me. Unfortunately, they're one of the largest employers in the area, and pay the best. Golden hand cuffs. Thanks, Marge, nice to know there is some refuge somewhere! Thanks, JM, I'm surprised they don't limit the access with firewalls or sumthin'! Corinne |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Golden handcuffs is right...sounds like a pretty derpressing place to work. I hope you find something more to your liking...and soon. I wouldn't go to the picnic either...who needs them. Great poem! Denise |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Corinne, You know what they say Where there is a will there is a way. *L* Sy |
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The Lonely Stranger Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361Upstate, NY, USA |
<<© C. M. Bailey, employee # 32586>> SPECTACULAR twist..... Big Brother is watching. I love the write Corrine, thanks for gracing us. |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
"It’s all about cold calculation Not about poetic expression" Definitely sums it all up! That's exactly how I feel everyday. I'd rather work with words than numbers!! Great poem! sp Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'it might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Makes me glad I retired - it was getting stinky before I left- Office e-mail was being monitored - and one couldn't even send clean jokes - but they hadn't yet begun monitoring my internet (outside the firewall) I just kept my browser clean in case of an inspection - could you bring in a laptop - and use netzero? ~G~ |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
Hi there sweet poet.... sorry to see you've been sentenced to a cubicle prison. I've been a lifer myself but i'm read to bust out. Glad to see it hasen't affected your penning... Park |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thanks, Denise, Seymour, Lonely Stranger, Snowpants, Wilfred and Park, it is a depressing place, squashes all incentive to think out of the box. Just collecting the pay for now. I've never worked at a really large company before, never been hemmed in by these kinds of rules and security measures. Ahhh, well... Thanks again for commenting! Corinne |
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RAM Member
since 2000-03-24
Posts 153 |
Core. Just carry a clip board with you all the time and then do whatever you want to do. As for me. I'm going to withdraw my application and reapply after legally changing my name to Authorized Personnel. Rick [This message has been edited by RAM (edited 10-02-2000).] |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Corinne, I happen to have an opening and I would insist that you STAY on the computer all day! (well, almost all day  )Pay's not too great but the fringe benefits....WOW! LOL@you flipping the bird in the shower. THAT I would like to see!!! |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Rick, only if I get to change my name to "employees only!" "Deer" - okay, but what would we be doing when I wasn't on the 'puter (she asked innocently)? Corinne |
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