Work Alone

A pack of wolves sounds oddly

like clucking hens

behind a hip-height counter,

and a few computer screens

When not whining about salary

I watch them complain about training

resentment and irritation on free education,

or mat leave, sick leave, vacation pay and overtime. That's

what our taxes can afford

It doesn't go towards a healthy environment

for certified clients. No, they spend the days

sweating over blank checks with blank spaces,

staring down blank answers

from blank faces.

How many industries are the same?

I've checked a dozen, the results are loaded and locked

If you are unhappy at your office, don't clock in

Don't waste your time and our energy

Don't expect more from my employer because you need it

Earn it.

I hold myself up by my principles: Never bitch about the job. fix it.

Never submit to the clause, if it ain't broke...Don't want progress?

keep plucking away, but stop asking me to pay

for your unhappiness

My time is valuable to me, as yours should be to you. I'm grateful

for those who see my potential and dig in. Yes, make money with me, yes

ask me to solve problems. Yes, teach me how I too can find success,

as of now...I work alone, but I am the real social animal

Watch me claw free facts on my first day, let me sniff out bullshit and defend

the best parts about work: comradery, productivity, and capital

I don't care if I never chat to my fellows when it means we've finished our work

I don't want to talk to anyone who won't choose themselves over a job

Who feel like work keeps happening to them. You have a lifetime

to design a career, I fear for the ones who hate this job, so

Leave it to me

but

Leave me to it

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