Steal Poetry From Work

 Steal Poetry From Work


when pens get erect and leave trails between lines
    i am casually pocketing time

while bosses loom in their webs of suspicion
    i am already on the third rendition

while office workers work and percolators perk
    jerkoffs like me majestically jerk

while keys klak and fingertips tap
    and sharpeners grind and filers find
        i am triumphantly falling behind
            raking my mind for the next shitty rhyme

            tedium shirk
        steal poetry from work
    you won't be fired uninspired
your day will not be filed away

1988