Arithmetical Anathema

by R. Gerry Fabian / September 15th, 2024

I receive the email
the profits are down
and there will be
no quarterly bonus.

They want me out.
All my top sales people
have gradually
been reassigned
and I’ve been given
the latest hires
who have no sale contacts.

I call a team meeting.
The fifteen plaques
on my office wall
as top salesman of the year
confirm,
I still have a multitude of contacts
and these computer savvy people
want to make money.

 

R. Gerry Fabian is a published poet from Doylestown, PA. He has published five books of poetry: Parallels, Coming Out Of The Atlantic, Electronic Forecasts, Wildflower Women, as well as his poetry baseball book, Ball On The Mound. Read other articles by R. Gerry.

This article was posted on Sunday, September 15th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.