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Sexual Employee

Sexual Employee It clocked in at 7:02 am No orifice in sight Placed the time card in a slot Made its way to a metallic table Blank white paper on the top #2 lead pencil, covered yellow, appeared One hour later the employee began to draw At the center of the paper starting at point “A” A thin line was drawn from there to point “B’ on the page Horizontal, naturally Below that, one hour later, another line was formed Starting at point “C” It too was a thin line drawn and continued on to point “D” Horizontally, of course (the two lines never intersected) Vertical lines could only be drawn on Fridays Diagonals were not permitted They were perverse and went against the laws of nature The employee had no discernible features worth mentioning But, it does come to work each day though With two buttons built or installed into its side It rolled over to the clock at 4:02 pm and punched out Placed the time card in a designated slot and left Went home with the push buttons still installed One red. One green. Always the same We never questioned It is not our job

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 1/16/2015 8:00:00 AM
This made me think of 1984. Very cool!
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Earl Schumacker
Date: 1/16/2015 8:29:00 AM
Hi Richard, Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes. I was going for a more sterile, mechanical, surreal view. Great book; 1984 came and went but we are still heading in that undesirable direction of total control. Nice observation on your part. Have a great day. Earl
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