Today I was talking about these poems in the context of my writers’ group and I referred to my pamphlet subject as my Iceland Era, maybe that’s a better name for this collection of poems starring strange characters and strange events. It’s amazing what can happen when you feel your brain practically freezing…
Here is my latest addition to share – the writers in the group were interested and oddly enjoyed it but what do you think?
In Response to a Customer’s Request to Speak to the Manager
The boss isn’t in today.
He’s under specialist training.
That means he’s having his
program renewed before
staff become suspicious.
I think it’s too late.
We all know brain hoovering
is routine management training.
His program consists
of 3000 comments:
I saw the disk one day
when his head popped
open at lunch.
He thought nobody noticed.
Or at least he assumed
we’d all lost our minds
too.
The 3000 comments program
consists of racist, misogynistic,
ill informed, rude, remarks
and quotes.
Head office uses this
as a control.
They have a company
loyalty button which
remains depressed –
as do the staff.
