Day: April 15, 2018

Downtown

It has
Happened again–
I have placed
Too many hopes
Here
Given too much
Of myself to
A cause that is
Ultimately for profit
Although I like to
Think that there can
Be honor
In such things
Honor in doing
A good job
Even if it’s only
For a paycheck

I thought
Friendships
And maybe
Even more
Could be found amid
The planning scanning
Copying small-talking
Software developing
Courseware building
Company lunches and
Troubles that happen in bunches
But when nothing
Was to be found
At least
There was still
The work
To find
Satisfaction in

Then even
My faith
In that
Was misplaced–

The work began to
Confound me
And failed to
Respond to
The answers I
Offered to
Questions
The work
Presented

To get
Things done
Nothing else
Mattered
My duty was
Ultimately
To the work
Nevermind what few
Courtesies
I had cultivated–
Those did not
Pay the bills
Even though I felt
I had
Benefitted from
The little things
Somehow

And now I don’t even
Have that
Anymore
Because the mission
Was accomplished
At a cost that
I’ve yet
To understand