I’d like to leave only the writings on the wall here
in red ink for their urgent attention
who, fully unaware
drowning in this strange kind of telephone despair
they’re pulling their hair out
trying to stand the boss
entrusting their welfare
on the side of the coin he chooses today
heads or tails, what's your fate?
up or down, left or right, decisions are made
he’s still wrong every day
beware of a bad mood
it could affect your job or worse
the most valuable asset of any company –
clients, even though they sound like scammers every time
forcing things, trying to speed processes up
without taking responsibility for it
even against all logical rules
it costs them nothing
in accordance with the principle
“the customer is the master”
master of threats and violence
mental cruelty and mass coercive control
cursing people who should be guilty, but they don’t
hear it at all
it only affects
the last weakest link
and nothing else may be contained
in these weakened waterlogged walls
with all the world’s
dirtiest dirt
that can never be erased
***
Thank you for reading!
If you liked this poem, you can add your Insights, Comment, leave a Heart, Tip, Pledge, or Subscribe. I will appreciate any support you have shown for my work.
You can find more poems, stories, and articles by Mescaline Brisset on my Vocal profile. The art of creation never ends.
About the Creator
Moon Desert
UK-based
BA in Cultural Studies
Crime Fiction: Love
Poetry: Friend
Psychology: Salvation
Where the wild roses grow full of words...
Keep reading
More stories from Moon Desert and writers in Poets and other communities.
Affection and Healing for Yourself
During the night of the last quarter moon, I gathered my ritual supplies. I carefully handled the chunk of black tourmaline that would protect me from your overall negative and narcissistic energy. I carefully walked the house with my stick of selenite in hand, asking the universe to cleanse our working space.
By Alisha Wilkins ✒️🦋🖋️a day ago in Fiction
Comments (1)
Tell me you work in a call center, phone bank or customer service. I'd suggest it might be Amazon, but my friend assures me that working customer service there is actually fun because you are both empowered & encouraged to make the customer happy. It's acquisitions that is a nightmare there, always feeling like you're trying to reduce the supplier to absolute minimum, even selling at a loss, or you won't market their product. At any rate, whatever it is, you've captured the essence of a precarious, unpleasant, hostile work environment extremely well.