No any other business

I am a bad, terrible employee, I must confess,

I attended a staff meeting today,

Before it started, I almost shouted, ‘Any Other Business?’’

But I reminded myself to be humble and obey!

As the chair of the meeting rattled this and that,

I was thinking of the wet lips of the girl I kissed last night,

They were sweet, soft and as I remembered every detail I felt my drowsy eyes closing,

I pinched myself and reminded myself to stop joking!

And so I sat upright and lurched my chest forward,

Only to hear the speaker saying, ‘Thank you for listening, I have nothing more to add.’’

As the next speaker took over with jest,

My mind drifted to my wife’s full breasts,

My heart sank and I realized that I have really missed her,

It is the present speaker who startled me when he said, ‘’That is all I have observed so far.’’

I nodded in approval as if I did not have any doubt,

While in reality I did not know what the fuck he was talking about!

As the next person stood to speak,

I was now becoming tired and sick,

I wanted to shout, ‘’Are we not just a bunch of broke, frustrated people?’’

But then again I did not want to step on other’s ego,

And so my mind drifted back to the plot of the novel I was reading,

As the others continued with the staff meeting.

As the next speaker took over, I wanted to ask her,

‘’May I please have a glass of cold Tusker?’’

But then I remembered the chair cautioning, ‘No more excessive drinking!’’

And I was like, what the hell am I thinking?

My mind then drifted to Science fiction; satellites, electromagnetic waves and swinging pendulum,

Until when I heard the chair, almost in a groan, shouting,’’Next Agendum!’’

When it finally reached the time for A.O.B,

I started thinking of what the future has in store for me,

And right there and then I resolved to stop living a lie,

I will not hold on to this job any longer, I must testify,

It is time to risk and move on to turn my passion into profession,

I am a bad employee, I must confess,

This meeting is adjourned, there being no any other business!

(image credits: Staff meeting by www.lifeway.com)

Nil Alazrak (Blue Nile)

What is so blue about Blue Nile?

Is it the pebbles covered with green moulds or the vagina of a crocodile?

That blinds me and you,

That the river is so blue?

What is so red about Red Sea?

Is it the blood of Darfurians that flows into it and makes it red or is it the red Hibiscus tea?

That changes its color,

And pollutes its harbor?

What is so white about White Nile?

If there is not even a single smile?

And what about the pains,

That engulfs the people of Nuba Mountains?

What is so jubilant about Juba?

If they shoot and rape each other,

And prices of goods soar like an eagle,

Who then is a thinker?

A Dinka who kills a Nuer or a Nuer who Kills a Dinka?

All because blood is thicker?

(image credits: Some 2,000 Sudanese refugees flee bombing raids in Blue Nile state.UNHCR)

Minimum wage

My job and I are parallel,

My job is temporary but as for me I want something permanent,

I want more cash but my job pays little money,

I want to sleep more but my job wakes me up early.

My job and I are parallel,

We do not meet,

My job can only afford green vegetables and second hand apparel,

But as for me, I want to eat meat.

My job makes me hurry,

And still I get to work late and quarrel with the secretary,

My boss calls me lazy,

And it hurts me crazy,

My job and I are sworn enemies,

I work so hard for meager remedies.

My job and I are two worlds apart,

Though my job has a fancy name, I am a mere church rat,

My job makes me borrow,

And successfully fail to pay tomorrow,

And so sometimes I get arrested,

For a job that I am totally not interested,

In.

My job and I are two bad neighbours,

While my job forces me to walk to town, others are taking a bus,

So as for me and my job,

We shall not worship the same god.

My job has separated me from my friends,

It has barred me from purchasing latest trends,

Clearly, my job will never make me rich,

If my salary cannot last for one week.

With this kind of job I do,

I cannot enjoy even a dance,

Because I do not have entertainment allowance,

With this kind of job,

I swear I would rather be you.

(image credits:www.thelocal.se)