The Working Dead
By Ray O'Reilly
Save yourself before the Working Dead consume you!
Friday 21 October 2016
They're among us
Some named … Cathy, Donald,
They are The Working Dead
Hunched over desks … 9, 10,
Thick stench of inactivity and wounded ambition
Sustained on routine, machine
Doing just enough most of the time
Little enough some of the time
Never enough at crunch time
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Oh, you've seen them alright
Shared an office
Watched them shuffle …
To the copier, kitchen, smoke room
You tried to reanimate them
Call them out or cast them out …
Save the team, save the
No, forget it … save yourself!
Before The Working Dead consume you
