Long Ergonomic Poems

How do people do it?
For that matter, how do I pull it off?
Sitting in front of the computer for so many hours,
body compressed into a computer chair.
Feel a whole decade older than I actually am-
aching...

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True workplace beauty resides not in grand corner offices
Or sleek designer furniture that impresses.
Nor is it found in trendy open floor plans,
Or state-of-the-art gadgets in employees' hands.

It doesn't dwell in fancy lobbies with marble floors,
Or...

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By: Vicki  Acquah
 
CAN YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING


WHEN I PAINT PICTURES 
WIT MY TONGUE.
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THE
AESTHETICS OF MY HEART -
AS I DRAW FROM THE UGLY-
REALITIES OF OUR PHYSICAL
CONDITIONS
 
CAN YOU HEAR...

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8/30/16


Plotted
Lines connected no longer dotted

I got it 
Took so much more than logic
And being honest
Hard work, pain, sweat, blood and tears is what it costed

From here to beyond the tropics
Near and far from ore deposits

When...

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Laughter floats
Playground voices;
Evening canopy

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Brick laid walkway
Busy wayfarers;
Old man ponders

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Sunset strip
Children at play;
Frolic greets fun

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Humongous tree
People cluster;
Heritage spot

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Antique shoppe
Ancient escapades;
Old proprietor stares

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Old winding road
So many hotspots;
Happy hours lure

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New lease
Old car charms;
Good to go

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Mechanic laughs
Trouble-shoots faults;
Restores car...

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My toe just stubbed the stubborn 
                            ...

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Tensing, and about to move,
Clouds hover twisting with hoof, 
Lingo parapentes this flush body: 
Hurling shavings’ stop the prove.

A whale, psycho or streetlight:
Moss convenes the hefty truss,
Armoured spears fling to the bat,
Frozen in time to...

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thumb tacked , tackled some say by the thumb,
  a
 bullied pencil pusher sitting upright at mid afternoon.  
so thin his ergonomic spinal robot as he leans back 
in his plastic office chair.

peering...

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Slaves to our instincts
Stay out of the rain and I will reward you with a cosy feeling
Soak up the sun and I will relax you
Deny me my fill and you will suffer comfort food cravings
Have...

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panic attacks and hot flushes
we smile at children’s blushes
embarrassment at the slightest error
fills us with terror
just how should we feel
these emotions they cant be real
am i ill or am i not
you cant see any snot
is...

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H- hide behind, Hot Coffee
     O- offer one and sit down
     T-  talk, with delight found 
 
     C-  coffee cup...

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Reputation is the currency
Media are the bankers
Bank manager lord and master
Enforces the religious template
Template ergonomically askew to the detriment of me an you
Any can be discredited due to the nature of the template
Headlines call in...

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