down from their ivory towers they came
in twos and threes and sometimes singles,
surveying what was done and why as if
wrong moves had been made for decades;
by the numbers they managed, as large
numbers told them what to do and when,
paying the odds but without wheels spinning
and no bets were ever taken or paid out;
rearranging work and how it played out,
revising tasks and procedures, all because
it no longer made sense to do it otherwise,
at least according to their facts and figures;
there was no need for the middle man as
the rank and file could be trained to do what
they had only pretended to do each day,
justifying their jobs by pushing paper...
and when the microscope was placed on
the activity and found to be redundant, it
was them who blamed others for their
denials and shortcomings... it was not
sad to see them go, but oh so necessary.
May 24, 2023
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