the thoroughly post-modern manager
it’s true, you have
a reputation as a
turn-around guy––
but that means
up-side-down.
& if they say
you’re a straight-shooter,
i’d ask,
“of whom?”
some measure success
in terms of dollars,
others in
career head-stones
lined-up in rationalized
rows––
your unforgivable
legacy.
the recurrence in time of a
personality like yours,
explains so many mysteries:
the collapse of royal mycenae;
the disappearance of the amicable
cliff-dwellers;
& even the extinction of
dinosaurs.
in the end,
coroners sizing-up your
over-heated-brain-pod won’t find
much.
& searching for your heart,
they’ll find
nothing.