We need clerks
who don’t click their teeth
and a sales man who can charm
a snake out of its skin,
we need operators who stand by
and even answer the phones
when they ring,
and, additionally, we require
copy editors who
experience discomfort
rather than uncomfortability.
The company requires
Accountants fluent in English,
Spanish and abacus,
a webmaster practiced at creating
links in a great chain of distraction,
dishwashers who can make
the plates sparkle
and the silver ring
like old cathedral bells when
you drop them to the tile,
please note not that
this pays in lessons learned,
hindsight AS good as gold,
our benefits are intangible,
at best being reluctant prayers for recovery
and smiley face get well cards,
all cashiers are required to
wash their hands of the transactions
they take part in,
we have an opening for a CEO
addicted to wealth and dirty laundry,
we have an office full of broken windows waiting for
him or her who sits in the big chair,
actually a rolling office seat
with a wheel missing,
lop sided and slanted
because there’s more than
a screw loose.
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Ted Burke
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