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7 ages of Compromise

Compromise when viewed as a generation schism.
Refracted through time, like light through a prism.

History Books

Sit down class. Quiet Please! Right open your books to page fifty four,
Yes, I know, settle down,

Trapped

Darkness fell, we breathed the cold night air,
The heat of the desert now turned an icy chill.

School Charms Me

Gulliver among the little folk
Among the still forming inheritors of the world

Old Jethro

Me and old Jethro were ridin’ the line
Checkin’ the fences and such

Teachers make a difference

A self-important CEO,
While partying in town,

Tough Job

The cowboys were tired after a day in the rain
Tired of ropin’ and tyin’ and such

Retirement

When you’re retired and lazy and at your wit’s end
And you’re looking for something to do

No errors, no runs!

You’ll never dent a fender, if you never drive a car.
But if you never chance it, well, you won’t go very far.

Help for the task

Lord, You have set us to this task: Now work through us, is all we ask.

The Clergyman Trap

The Reverend Doug was a long, lean lad.
When he took to his task in the North.

Nurse Eleanor

Florence Nightingale - a nurse - pictured in her mind the curse
Of wound uncared for, gangrened limb, soldiers lying tortured, grim.

With my boots on.

O spare me years of agonising uselessness --
Of invalid dependence on my kin;

Twenty-nine

29 Faces before me, all of them brown as the earth.
29 Facefuls of mischief, each with a good dose of mirth.

Bureaucracy

Submerged in a torrent of detail.
Soaked through to the soul for our sins.

The Curtain's up

Fortuitous though it may be, the curtain’s been raised.
I am sitting in a pub, content, happy and slightly amazed.

The Three Kings

‘Twas a dodgy outside light drew me in.
Donkeys everywhere, as I begin.
And reverently, I approach the troug

The Fire Station

Dante told me of the fires that burn.
The enveloping flame, the truth I will learn.

I am more

I am more than just a picture that you see on your screen.
More than your judgement, from a split second scene.

Life of a salesman

If I sell and sell, well surely all will turn out right?
Rich and well liked, yes, by my petard spiked.

Three days sober.

So, not all mornings need to be endured.
Hangovers are something that can be cured.

The dreaded Admin!

Alternately instilling fear and contempt.
Rarely viewed as benevolent.

Topsy Turvy

Forward we step
Blight becomes might
Plight delivers insight
Light not night

A little wager?

Life, to me, just an endless list of wagers, one after another?
Full of losers and winners, with so many options to cover.

Rise of the Suffratek

We have strived for empowerment, but still equality remains elusive.
A hundred years of representation, the glass ceiling is still repressive.

Working in a building site

Hammers banging, wheels in motion.
Buildings appearing, what a notion.

Toward Ephemerality

This message will self-destruct in five seconds.
This visual display changes, infinitely fecund.

Rebuke to a pebble

Purpose obfuscated by the passage of time.
Uniqueness ground by the caustic maritime.

Carousel

All these things cultivated from seed, developed to make me happy.

Where's my drummer?

I crave all of the attention.
Me, myself and I, no censure.

Signs of Life

Queuing ahead, slow down, incident.
A forerunner of brewing malcontent.

Who should be the boss

When God created the body,
All organs of the body argued over
Who should be the Boss.

INXTROVERT

Extrovert in company, Introvert in isolation
Not ambivalent, but decisive, in all my action.
Yes, play it by ear, happy in my inxtroversion.

Walking Enigma

Are you an assassin, a vicious indiscriminate knifer.
A mis-communicator, or worse a cultured shape shifter.

Crossroad revisited.

How many times can I do the deal, what’s left to trade?
Another slice of my life, for the promises you’ve made?

In-to-it-if Son-it

Gaps in knowledge and complete absence
Enforce the application of intuitive talents.

The night before

The board meeting has been called,

Fishy Jock Bird Sings

Gil tells me the first revolution is when you change your mind.
Well, move over Che, because I’m changing mine all the time.

Critical Condition

Do not disturb. I am licking my wounds
To make sure that they never heal

Do stuff be complete

Do stuff, be complete

Teachers going rogue

Teachers going rogue
Leave lesson

Simply saying no

Simply saying no
Winter wind

Freshman Blues

Imagine the duress,
new student searching

A Nurse

When all of your loved ones are gone
And you're waiting for the doctor to come,

Fly

Meetings, appointments, deadlines come.
Projects, artwork left undone.

Taxi Tale

All night long I roam these streets
Picking up drunks, sweethearts and freaks!

Time Warp

You are late and I’m feeling really let down!
It’s the concept of time inducing your frown.

Thank you

It’s become something of a tradition that at the Christmas ‘do’

The meeting

At best high etiquette, listening, in a collaborative culture.

Rebuke to a pebble

Purpose obfuscated by the passage of time.
Uniqueness ground by the caustic maritime.

Kaleidoscope of Green

And in my dreams around
Grass grew green in the sea

Loots’ Law

Statistically analysed and algorithmically sense checked,
Standard deviations done, all possible outcomes projected.

Metamorphosis!

The bee that works all night and day,
Does not realise that one day she may,

Organisational Science

Charles' Law
As temperature rises,
the volume of bullshit increases.

Organisational Psychosis

Are you a corporate psychopath, sociopath or sycophant?
Worker, board-member, non-exec or business debutant.

Public Service

Just a policeman in this run down town,
Where rules are made to be broken and respect ain’t around.

Redundant

A long sigh punctures silence,
Heavy with doubt and distress,

My call is always important

It’s not life or death
Or a deal for crystal meth
Or a marriage split

Extended Abstract

I found an equation that approximates my work pattern during my PhD: f(x) = x²sin(x)².

And So I Write

And so I write,
Instead of fight,

Celebrate Deteriorate

Jingoism, bullsh*t, vented frustration and trash.
Much vaulted celebration, the Big Christmas Bash.

How bully’s work …

I have never known a bully
who documents
their negative behaviour
and actions

How Do We Manage?

Make space for the Civil and the Savage
In ways that take the fear away
In ways that inform our

Isolation

You would not expect
to feel alone
amidst a team of five,

Its NOT my job.

The night before, you send an email,
With an off key note that is just so stale.

History is actually repeating itself

So my history teacher told me everything that is done has been done before.

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