Background Noise
Squared
The cube
The cube
Not a science fiction entity
But an office reality
Desk after desk
In tick tack toe pattern
And the experts say,
“Open office design
increases teamwork
and sharing”
Now that is science fiction…
A body leans
On my half wall
Peering at my screen
I twitch
“Can I help you?”
Labels ooze
With a whistle and click
Off to my left
Phone conferences
Four loud voices
On the other side
Of the half wall
A scanner beeps
A catchy rhythm
While keys slap tap
Fast
Slow
Pause
Accompanied by
A bit of
A bit of
Rapid fire
Backspacing
Backspacing
Office chatter
Questions lobbed
Back and forth
Over cube
Non-walls
Questions lobbed
Back and forth
Over cube
Non-walls
Teeth clenched
I reread the same sentence
For the third time
Glancing out the window
Must focus…
iPOD and earphones
Rescue me
Sheryl Crow sings
“Good is Good”
And I do what I do
On auto-pilot
Toes tapping
(Enjoy the music and cool graphics!)
Now that was one cool video!!! Loved the wonderful poem too!
God bless ya and enjoy your evenin’ sweetie!!!
“Increasing teamwork and sharing”…not for everyone!: )
(I have to admit, I had a rough start with this…but I am picking up steam just reading some of the other poems)
Totally cool. I get the picture from your words.
Oh yes, I remember those days, Maery. But didn’t have earphones and an iPOD back then. 🙂
What a beautiful poem about life in the ‘trenches’ (or – should I say ‘cubicle’??). So clever and creative!