Meditation #11

if you want to understand
who that officious stranger
in the conference room is
with all those packets of papers

or the meaning of
the unfamiliar taut bodied man
in the usually empty cubicle
looking falsely bored
like a bouncer
just waiting for someone
to get out of line

or why all the human
resources staff
are refusing
to look you in the eye

then you should know
that it’s a special day

someone’s made a mess
and those folks are here
to help clean it up

or should I say
clean
you
out