Synergistic Strategies For The Workspace Of The Future

It’s been said
there are no boring moments
Only boring people

That’s a good way to shut up those
who find their moments
impoverished by dull palaver
droning on
and on

It’s said that
if you enjoy what you do
you’ll never work a day in your life

That’s a good way to shut up those
who only shovel shit for others
in order to pay for 
what they need
to live

It’s said that work
should be a game
A time to play

That’s a good way to shut up those
who won’t play the game
as they know
how well
it’s been rigged

It’s said that groups
brainstorm better 
than individuals

That’s a good way to shut up those
whose genius
at standing apart and listening 
makes them suspect
to those who chatter

It’s been said and said
and said again
that work’s about bliss

That’s a good way
to make you feel guilty
about hating the job
that makes you feel
smaller and smaller

with every buzzword
laid upon you like a hammer
until you shut up and die
nodding your assent 
to your own slow execution