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Do you know any CEO's who lost their jobs?
Investing in Spring
Springtime is coming,
by its side
rejuvenation
Certain hearts are able to
feel it
inside the walls
the fragile walls
of their purity
While Masters of the Universe stand
empty
weeping beside the rubble
of their crumbling castles
fallen to ruin
before their unbelieving eyes
Some would say this bitter irony
is just reckoning,
just judgment come to pass
like an executioner’s sword
through the neck
of a murderer
of children
But back to spring,
for it is coming and
by its side
rejuvenation;
and we,
we the pure
we the real
will be there
with our brooms and our shovels
to clean up the mess you have made
upon our broken streets
you once said
you would pave for us
in gold.
with a thank you to Tom Wolfe for the Masters of the Universe metaphor
Granny: both 'just's are in the deserved/justice sense of the word, and repeated it for effect, both alliterative and to hammer the point a little bit.
The change in POV was also done on purpose, bringing the reader onto the right(?) side of things; good catch though, few bother to read as closely as you.
9 Answers
- GrannyjillLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
a reckoning(?).....Elaine wouldn't like you using 'just' here, though she would not be able to argue with 'just judgement'
I like this very much.
One small quibble you start the poem refering to the Masters of the Universe in the third person, and at the end you use the second person. Was that intentional?
- krystLv 45 years ago
i think of if I beleived the CEO became into as selfish and that a lot of an financial traitor, it may make a extensive difference. i could vote my perception besides, yet i could be scared to dying i could lose my interest if the organisation closes..... on the different hand, i could attempt to get the CEO fired first. in certainty, if there's a CEO and not in basic terms an proprietor, the board could see in high-quality condition to have him fired if in any respect a possibility, regardless of each and everything, their pay could be affected to, precise?
- neonmanLv 71 decade ago
I like this. I also did watch Masters of the Universe! Power does have a way of crumbling. Still the Spring always comes, replete with clean up days!
- Sandy GigglesLv 61 decade ago
Nice write!
Your Q--yes. 30 years in human resources and they kicked him and the other 8 in that office to the curb. He landed a job as a prof only to loose that because he didn't have a masters for teaching...the students all said they learned more from him than the book but the rules.....
Again, Nice Write this!
- it's meLv 61 decade ago
Your Q, no.
Back to spring is what keeps us all going, or at least keeps me going.
Enjoyed the read.
- jennyLv 71 decade ago
I like this very much, but I think you better get out heavy equipment,
like bulldozers, and other loaders.
