Back to Shirk

 

Back to Shirk

 

The underachievers

File back into the chamber

Having successfully survived

Their vacations.

Nothing is expected of them,

Save performances,

Meant to appeal

To the lowest common denominator.

They won’t have to go far,

A few steps up,

And they’re in

Familiar territory.

 

The underachievers

Assemble their notes,

Written by them personally,

And not to be confused,

With the fake phone numbers,

They have collected,

From the dancers

On the bar napkins

That still smell of

Whiskey and

Cocaine-scented sweat.

 

The underachievers

Point fingers and rhetoric everywhere

But at real issues,

Substituting likes

For engagement,

And words

For action,

Believing earnestly

That doing something

That someone might dislike,

May not lead

To increased photo ops.

 

The underachievers

File back into the chamber

With no plans for action,

But plenty of plans

For acting

Because outrage

Makes for good video.

The underachievers

Know who and what they are...

And they keep collecting their pay.

 

Let’s fire them in ’24.

 

Cliff Lake 11/26/2023

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