Sent: 2/23/2003 9:05 PM
I'm sick of it
sick of it
all this bureaucracy
that simply is a mockery
of everyone keeping
their job under
lock and key
sick of it
sick of it
killing so many trees
needing paper documenting
their every moment's history
because no one
is trusting
sick of it
sick of it
some worth determined by a ream
of needless information Ultimately
but rather reinstating policy
invented by
humanity
sick of it
sick of it
I'm so sick of it.
And I'm so tired
so tired
of copying a memo I've sent to prove I sent it
a moment of my life wasted in front of a machine
only ever recording my immediate history
while still seeing a future way far beyond me
so tired
so tired
of reducing my potential to zero
robotically smart not to mention
selling my machine for some dollars
to feed me and shelter me and clothe me
so tired
so tired
of feeling the system cell me
suffocating my creativity
because that doesn't sell realistically
being only qualified administratively
I'm so tired of it.
every day I seem to breathe
information that doesn't interest me
doesn't guide me further intellectually
just immediately recalls a number to write
underneath the pay here amount to be
3-602262
every day I am starving for inspiration
as the grind gets the best of me
a 10 to 6er because I have to be
to get to that dream just beyond me
that seems just out of reach
grasp
every day I rumble files
of colored paper under my fingers
thinking of something to remember
recalling that it's bread and butter
feeling life hiccup and stutter
and I really have to stop and wonder
why
every day Truly I'm blessed
that I'm really not that dumb
(and you don't have to pardon the pun)
in order to pay for a sum
to get me to where I begun
today
so although this cell leaves me pissed
I guess this is just the way things is
for now
today
