Locked in a Vacancy

Office Politics

Locked in a Vacancy


Conform! 
assimilate to fit their mold! 
surrender, to preconceived notions 
of what your life must be 
embrace, the white-collar upper echelon 
wrap yourself in the cloak of uniformity 
you'll adapt to the stench in little time 

cherish, the structure of your daily routine 
a web of contacts forged, through networked insincerity 

upward mobility 
begets financial security 
the end-all of your pattern life 

your pattern life 

I refuse to be 
just another cog in the wheel 
of our consumer infrastructure 
I'll take the arduous path 
every time 

every time 

conglomerates grow fat on the backs 
of undereducated wage-slaves 
working overtime to make ends meet 
as execs reap the fruit of their labors 
how much longer 
can the disgruntled underclass 
wallow in the quagmire 
of potential destitution? 

My resistance is persistence!