I could see my shadow
lapping against my feet,trailing behind me
on a string,
lifting up into the sky.
I didn’t notice
it rattle in the wind,
coast up
the side of a skyscraper,
didn’t see it tangle
in the web of wires.
I only knew
that the pavement
was a stranger,
and the outline of
you vanished;
and even though
my chest trembled,
I opened my arms,
shaky, radiant,
embracing a
beauty found in
incompleteness
. . .
oooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooo
Just when I think I’ve got the hang of corporate culture, I go and do something that makes my boss laugh hysterically. Namely, using indexing tabs in the shape of bears.
Me: Why is that so funny?
Boss: They’re pink and blue bears.
Me: I didn’t have purple ones, so I used blue.
Boss: (Resumes laughing)
Boss: They’re pink and blue bears.
Me: I didn’t have purple ones, so I used blue.
Boss: (Resumes laughing)
I still don’t know why that was so funny, and this is a document that’s going all the way to the Principal, bears included. My other tabs are hedgehogs, but I’m not telling anyone.
But really, this begs the question: Do non-profit organizations have a higher tolerance for this sort of thing?