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The Bereaved Employee

Quick to forget the Off-Duty Grant That makes bosses not rant Easily treating An Observer, To a levity of A Grieving Server All stops are boldly pulled out Like irritable errors struck out, All restrictions kicked aside Or left to their time bide! It’s a being who has glimpsed obligations Vain Boss would never understand, Their delayed handling with implications He might at last not withstand. One doesn’t tears check for a Great Symbol While on Earth virtuous and humble; He who had to part with a noble life, Forthwith ending a worthy strife … Liable to be admonished And sometimes stiffly punished For a daring of The Bottlenecks That a good file wrecks Is the Employee in bereaved time Not bothered that office clocks also chime.

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