Online Meeting
Online meeting
They are easy and convenient, some say,
They are cumbersome, I say,
The struggle to get up and be on time: still there,
The struggle to look good and professional: yes, it’s there,
The worst is to sound serious and engaged.
When the family is tip toeing around flashing wry smiles.
Each second is an hour!
On video, I become conscious of how old I have become:
The pain of looking tired, the pain of being tired - immense and they,
Take over all other powers of reasoning.
Yet, I try to sound interested and even crack a joke saying that it all ended too soon.
After the meeting, I am directly transferred to a setting where expectations of the family flying high.
They have been waiting just as much I did, for my meeting to end
But none of them want to hear what happened at the meeting
So, they avoid the discussion like plague
I am stuck in between two worlds.
The online work is convenient, some say
They are cumbersome, I say!
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