Past Tense

There was a time this
Job mattered greatly to me
That ended quickly

There was a time this
Job mattered greatly to me
That ended quickly

Just repeating words
Does not make them extra true
Stop dragging this out

All I know is that
One of us is right and the
Other one is you

Listening in on
A loudly colleague ranting
Shhhhhhh nobody cares
© Adrienne Doherty

Need to remember
Don’t kill anyone today
You need this paycheck

Why do the same people
Keep talking when the meeting
Has clearly ended?

Every word a knife
Describing the job at hand
When do they need it?
© 2019 Adrienne Doherty – All rights reserved.

Bored Bunny wonders
If writing haikus to the wind
Makes the hot air go

Draw for sanity
While the droning goes on
Look a butterfly

Bored Bunny endures
Meetings mind numbing and long
Plants wilt in corners
© Adrienne Doherty

I used to be a
People person, but people
Ruined that for me

All the best nicknames
Are the ones the people don’t
Even know they have

Life isn’t fair, but why
Can’t it ever be unfair
In my favor? Why?

If it’s not my mouth
Getting me into trouble
It’s my expression

Oh no, not again
We did this shit yesterday
It’s like dejapoo