Best Poems Written by Elliott Jackson

Company Notice

In the hallway, was the memo.
All avoided it! Some walked
around, the back way, past cubicles,
the copy room, to avoid it.
Being Friday, no one, I mean
no one, wanted to read it.
I took a chance. What do
I have to lose? I told myself.
I can deal with it. Slowly,
I approached the board. Eyes
focused on the yellow paper,
with a tack right smack in the
middle. I looked as sweat popped
off my forehead. Then relief,
NO OVERTIME! Gingerly, I skipped
to my desk. Stated loudly,
""Chickens"", grabbed my key, and
quietly said, ""Thank You God""
ran to my car, burnt rubber on my way home.

Copyright © Elliott Jackson | Year Posted 2006