A Baker's Dozen From 1988 - Page 4

1.

we are composed of winners

and losers and those who wait

around for something to happen.

April 1988

2.

from his car telephone he

called to play with the toy...  

who will be left to impress 

if we all end up like this?

April 1988

3.

this morning began with

thoughts of you and will 

likely end there as well...

what manner of magic 

have you cast upon me?

April 1988

4.

and if you think my ego is a problem

then please do something about it;

 but, don't tempt me and then sarcastically

say "I've got a problem..."  

I took you the way you intended

 and then you talked about it.

April 1988

5.

I do not trust the people in this 

room so I'll just and do what I 

am told and let someone else 

make the decisions we all hate.

April 1988

6.

she wasn't on my mind a lot

she was behind me stabbing me in the back;

she wasn't even attractive to look at,

she was uglier than most I knew.

April 1988

7.

her mental

inventory

was low

until the sun

came out.

April 1988

8.

"as an engineer you must be familiar with SPC."

"with what?"

"with the Deming approach to quality control."

"the only quality I control is pissing in the john each morning."

and so it was around here

no one knew and no one cared

until one day the boss decided

to replace all the johns.

April 1988

9.

we were not as typical as one

would think; still a lot  of what

we were depended upon the 

level of their sophistication.

April 1988

10.

I spent the entire morning occupied 

and could not get you off my mind;

it was rather uncanny to think that

someone like you would want 

someone like me in the first place.

April 1988

11.

we pass our time carefully from

from day to the next as diplomats

among those with whom we work;

it never ceases to amaze us what

words are misunderstood or when

a nose is poked in by mistake.

April 1988

12.

my mind strays over the fence

into a fantasy I was having with

you...  a simple dream really...

where we're in bed and little is spoken

regarding each other with lustful desires

and I was doing fine not knowing...

until I saw you and my anticipation

has been driving me crazy ever since.

April 1988

13.

before the night ends

I will have thought of you

several times...   but, I am

just a tired old man wanting

what does not belong to him.

April 1988