March 29, 2017
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Looking Stressed Out
Standing on the fringe of sanity
The prospect of jumping
Repeated flash, an impulse
Especially attractive when viewed
Sans glasses or when
Squinting into the sun
Eventually I scroll past the thought
Decide insanity is overratedThis is an acrostic poem for the Winter Scavenger Hunt 2017 using prompt #26 - Use the words: prospect, scroll, fringe, glasses, flash. That completes my Scavenger Hunt. I managed to get it done before April. April of course is National Poetry Month where everyone is urged to write a poem a day. I'm sure some of you think the writing a poem a day would be very stressful. I however find that writing poetry is relaxing and helps relieve the stresses I'm experiencing at work.
Speaking of stress, it has reached a fever pitch. It reminds me of a Sci-Fi show I saw on TV. It might have been the Twilight Zone or maybe it was the Outer Limits... There are a group of people trapped in a room with a gun on a table (Some alien entity has put them there for a social experiment). There is only one way to escape - die. The problem is that there are fewer bullets than people. The choice is to commit murder and be left alive and thus forfeit their own life. They stand around the table tensely staring at the gun and at each other. Arguing and pleading and discussion take place. Time is running out but no one wants to grab the gun. Finally they are unable to act and time is up. They all live because no one was willing to kill the others. So that's what it is like for me at work... yeah, lots of fun.
Comments (8)
That's a very vivid description. I'm sorry. Wish things were different for you.
I wish things were different too. And soon they will be - different. The stress will abate soon and I'm going on vacation so it is all good!
I'm glad the poetry helps you distress a bit.
It requires focus and that takes my thoughts away from the worrisome parts of my day!
Oh, my -- I had no idea it's that bad! Please stand back from that edge, and don't leave the glasses behind or squint into the sun! I, too, am glad the poetry helps with the stress level -- and I hope it all works out very soon!
We are getting to the point where my committee gets to stand back and wait for the real power players to do their thing. We basically are gathering information and coming up with some suggestions. The final decisions will not be made by my group... Still we are the only ones the staff sees so we are the targets!
@murisopsis: I do hope the "real power players" incorporate the suggestions of the committee. It's tough to be the targets in any reorganization -- I hope the bullets don't land!
I don't know what the end result is going to look like but I'm hopeful that the information we gather will be seriously considered.