Feeling ever so much better with offi- <br />cial punishment, it will not make me <br />a better person, but it sure will im- <br />prove my colleagues’ mood <br /> <br />Just as Maria Von Trapp knelt and <br />kissed the floor when superior sisters <br />passed, I curtsy and leopard crawl as <br />supervisors descend on me en masse <br /> <br />Knowing nothing I do will ever be good <br />enough even when I try my best, I am <br />happy to offer them my efforts as they <br />are, at first I was frozen in angst <br /> <br />Trying to do it right, but the crocodile <br />in my head played dead and my brain <br />refused to produce, once I promised <br />myself to accept being a fool <br /> <br />Demoted to the level of lower devil, but <br />still allowed to stay in administrative <br />heaven - still suffered to wander the <br />sacred corridors of holy bureaucracy <br /> <br />I am so thankful for my punishment, so <br />glad I may do my little bit to keep these <br />lists rolling along and everyone singing <br />their virtuous song while my discordant <br /> <br />Croaks of ‘Absurd, how absurd’ are drowned <br />by angelic voices chorusing ‘Oh Holy Grail Of <br />Sacred Administration and Sublime Translation <br />The Sole Reason for Humanity’s Existence <br /> <br />Amen! ’<br /><br />Margaret Alice<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/2010-06-09-curtsy/
