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OFFICE POLITICS

OFFICE POLITICS   When a name is christened And penciled in on business plan In competitive challenge to excel A name to some, means a lot And walking the path to perfection Is like a refinery purging impurities Separating the odd from the even Distilled residue of human nature Compelled to drag away the waste Office politics, rested on ego Hatred and unrestrained sentiment Degrade a victim further into the mud   Must the process of learning Be tough and tedious on wages Insufficient to drive home the lesson Of toil and of sacrifice for all Ours, a family name in high spirit Of committed heritage on the tail To which the plume symbolizes A good name, not a painted sepulcher Nor pride of insincerity; Is a name devoid of ills Striving to attain the best The very best…


 
— t. reflexion, Jan 29, 2009

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Country/Region: NGA

Favorite Poets: Inspired by an article in an old manuscript , It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics

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t. reflexion

t. reflexion

17 years 4 months ago

Thanks...

I wrote this years ago while in my former job. Best wishes. T.