Into the carriage

they spill

chuckling too loudly

certificates in hand

bringing with them

all the fun

of the flipchart

 

kpi's on the flipchart

b's and c's on the flipchart

(that's benefits and concerns to the unenlightened)

expectations on the flipchart

flipping their mind's

sending them into overdrive

conference junkies

hooked on psychobabble

 

 

In smart pin-stripe suit's

and satinny sta-prest slacks

(ironed regardless)

they sit

reigning in their paunches

reigning in their dreams

reigning in creativity

whilst settling for monotony

 

With brains

re-trained

delegate badges in place

they talk of last night

and sarah

from accounts,

who turned a few tricks

for the current MD

guaranteeing promotion

for extra curricular activity

 

they've watched the apprentice

and now imagine they're the ones

being head-hunted

but the ones above them really couldn't care less

if they know the company slogans

as long as they kiss ass

 

and while they're scraping a living

working sixty hours a week

the am's wondering whether it should be walnut

or teak

on his jag's interior?

a tale of two halves

and one too familiar

 

leaving behind the weekend

in the faded britannia hotel

they feel they've achieved something

they're on a mission

with a story to tell

 

scribbled notebooks

of cliches..... absorbed

give jaded advice for success

yet unknowingly point them to death at fifty

due to the hard sell

the compromise

the stress