Gifts, Art and Poetry to Enjoy at the Office

The Office is a Place
Water Cooler Chat
On Cubies
The Shredder in the Corner
Purging Down the Papers
Look at Her Now

The water cooler chat
Is where the gossip's at

Too bad for the boss
This quarter took a loss
And Mary in accounting?
Now there's a crisis mounting
Yeah for our softball team
They're better than they seem
Come this year's election
Let's make a new selection
Here come the pink slips
Shhh, loose lips sink ships
Joe made a client presentation
But we gotta do the implementation

The office is a place
For many nine to five
Working face to face
To help a business thrive
They do their assigned tasks
And take a business lunch
When upper management asks
They're ready for a crunch

I used to be an engineer
Who worked inside a cubie
Unfortunately I could hear
The phone calls of the newbie

I longed to have a private space
With windows to look out of
But I left that office place
To build a business out of love

The new shredder in the corner
Stands waiting just for me
To purge the stacks of papers
So my space can then be free

It has sharp cross cut blades
Which are eager to devour
Old tax forms, bills, receipts
That will take many an hour

Fifteen boxes at least are piled
With records never needed
It's time to get the hard work done
So space can be redeeded

Sheaves of paper into the slot
Between the rolling metal teeth
Staples, cd disks, credit cards too
Accepted to fall in shreds beneath

I can walk round the store room now
Feels good to finally settle those years
A shame the shreds go in the trash
They say it clogs the recycler's gears

Purging down the papers I've kept for years
Mostly old receipts, correspondence, such
Catalogs for things not needed; switching gears
I hold on to the most ridiculous too much

After a few hours, I'm tired; the trash is full
And the shredder box is waiting for more
Boxes of out-dated travel pamphlets pull
Enticing me to cut them to the core

She started here 10 years ago
Sorting mail 8 floors below
Where she would end she didn't know
Look at her now ... The CEO

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