2025, poetry, work, Working Class Literature

the 2nd act in the work meeting that could have been an email

when an HR rep riffs open mic style
about the emotional toll
of telling people they’re laid off
“…but it’s not about their job performance…”
just a bad turn of finances
not any one person’s decisions,no; like
that great hand o’ the market
and the reinvention of the wheel
the executives hope desperately
(foolishly) will save us

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