“Do you really have a choice?
Jobs are scarce, markets stagnant
With a rise in cost of living”.
The psychopath rejoiced
To see competent shoulders
Slightly drooping.
No response to messages
goodwill withered away
Logic unacceptable.
Silence conspiratorial
and eloquent
with disapproval.
“A dip in growth, costs are up”.
He flung a paper on the desk.
The whole week was spent
in a failing effort
to explain reasonably
a twisted report.
He flaunted a list of rewards
For people who,
unquestioningly
fell in line,
and the fate of Competence
with an independent mind.
Quick meetings were called
To pass it down the line.
Pink slips handed out,
but hands were red
with stains of blood
for a lifetime.
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