"Paper-Pushing and Body-Collecting"

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    Will

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    "Paper-Pushing and Body-Collecting Are the Same Thing, Right?"

    you're never going to be able to let go
    of all they put you through.

    from their perfect perches
    high atop corporate america
    they're sending you to your graves
    with promises of a safer tomorrow
    yet the wait in the airport is even longer
    and you'll still just be working
    nine to five...
    nine to five.

    "hard-working,
    dependable
    and loyal."

    but maybe your mantra was misread --
    "easily-controlled,
    disposable...
    drone."

    and you're still working nine to five...
    nine to five.

    then when things look up
    the bombs explode
    and you're at war for corporate america
    fighting from nine to five...
    nine to five.

    a drone in camo and a tie
    from nine to five...
    nine to five.​
     
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    Nice. Not sure what else to say.
     
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    Yeah. I wanted to make it longer but I realized I was using the "nine to five" repetition too much, and it reminded me of Thursday's "For the Workforce, Drowning." But I wrote it at lunch during school so I thought I'd post it anyway.
     
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    esaul17

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    Never heard the song you mentioned, but I liked the poem (or lyrics).

    EDIT: And I think the length was perfect.
     

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