[Newspoetry] sigh....

[john at gavroche.org]

Buy in.  Sell...

Does the capture of his bodyguards
mean Bin Laden is dead?
I don't know if
I buy into that logic.

Nor do I know if
my finding a new job
means I am now happy.
I guess it should.

Six months ago I wrote a poem
expressing my ability to withstand
upcoming layoffs where I worked,
and I withstood them

By not breaking down and crying
when I was shown the door.
I was strong.  I wept at home,
Where nobody could videotape me.

And then I turned around
And looked for someone else
foolish enough to hire me.
I am a computer programmer.

I am in strong demand.
(Insert laughter here.)
Five months later,
after much time increasing

the ratio of porn
viewed on the internet
I have finally found
someone who likes my resume.

I should be happy.  I  should
be thrilled. But I will miss the porn,
and the company begins
with the letters, C.I.T.I.

Sure, they insist they're innocent
of any wrongdoing.
(Enron?  Don't blame us!)
But do I really want to work for them?

For someone who claims
to be quite comfortable, thank you,
residing in the left wing of politics
I certainly pick strange employers.

But as long as they're willing to pay me,
indirectly funding my "outside activities"
I guess I'll hold my nose
and wait for the day I can be self-employed.


http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/30/binladen.son/index.html
http://www.newspoetry.com/2002/0117.html