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"How are you?"

by Matthew Zangen

Four out of five agree, the air around me
is getting heavy. They formed a two-person committee
and found my age is greater than my rent,
I pose substantial risk of deserving neither,
and always promise ten times more than what I'd bet.

In response, they bilaterally passed a mandate to reduce
my hot air emissions when provided advice
by ten percent before 2015. Third quarter hearings suggest
neglect is my top priority. Consequently, binding resolutions
are written on sticky notes and nailed to my bedroom door each night:

"Disaster recovery practices are ten years out-dated.
As such, all further recreation is to be passed before
a review panel for careful risk assessment.
Transparency regulations require each cigarette break now be reported
to internal authorities in the interest of personal security."

A one-member ethics committee is appointed to oversee my daily course.
Recent investigations have bared an inflation of indulgences
in alcohol and illegal substances, allowed normally
only if oversight efforts overlook such behavior.
Loud music and incense have been banned to relieve oversight.

A secure love life was supported by a stipend of 3 hours per week
of unregulated privacy during evening regulations. However, while
studies showed this stimulus to reduce dissension in regulations by
fifteen percent, the Risk Assessment panel has determined
the threat of a break-up increases extra-personal dependency tenfold.

A new resolution was since posed to promote independent action.
An evaluation team will have a full report ready for me on Monday.

06/20/2007

Posted on 06/20/2007
Copyright © 2024 Matthew Zangen

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 06/21/07 at 01:33 AM

inter-personal bureaucracy, you all know it's coming!

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 06/21/07 at 04:56 AM

I love the rhetorical question as a title and chuckled all the way through this evaluation, and await Monday's update. :)

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