Meeting the Bar ~ Jargon, Buzzwords and Management Speak

2_perpetual_motion

I look at you and see

Distressed, perplexed,

Emotionally challenged

Communication zeroed out.

Your trials and tribulations

Multiply and divide

Depending on latitude and longitude

Torments, woes and trauma

Meticulously and punctiliously

Planned with breathtaking rigor.

Fuss pot my mother once called you

Excuse her crassness

She could never appreciate

Your fastidious eye for identifying

The essence of any god given moment.

Playing out in your head

Each neuron interplaying

Conjuring newer

Fantastical

Escapism

Perpetual motion you once said

Was the sempiternal

Epitome

Of all being.

Flabbergasted

Exasperated

I advance

Your dulcet tones

Imbued forever

On my psyche.

Written for: http://dversepoets.com/2014/12/04/meeting-the-bar-jargon-buzzwords-and-management-speak/

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28 Responses to Meeting the Bar ~ Jargon, Buzzwords and Management Speak

  1. Ha.. Yes some people manage to cause commotion with just the right words.

  2. Tony Maude's avatar Tony Maude says:

    “the sempiternal epitome of all being …” that had me scrabbling for the dictionary.

  3. zongrik's avatar zongrik says:

    this is a very emotional business world that you paint.

    focused implementation

  4. JackieP's avatar JackieP says:

    Oh, you used some big words today Michael! LOL Good piece, though.

  5. Such an emotional piece and some very strong words. 🙂 Great poem.

  6. Glenn Buttkus's avatar Glenn Buttkus says:

    She is the Muse, & you are other directed, being forced to defend your lover’s eccentricities to both your mother & the world at large; quite the ride; nice take on the prompt.

  7. Glenn Buttkus's avatar Glenn Buttkus says:

    The perpetual motion section did have an erotic impact on me; reminds me of what Woody Allen said when told his ex-wife had received a traffic ticket. “I’ll you this,” he said, “It wasn’t a moving
    violation.”

  8. lynn__'s avatar lynn__ says:

    “Fuss pot” brings the supercilious vocabulary down to earth for me…ha 🙂

  9. claudia's avatar claudia says:

    the sempiternal epitome of all being…. oh my goodness… my head was dizzy a bit after reading…smiles… i like fuss pot a lot… my son you know was one as well..smiles

  10. MarinaSofia's avatar MarinaSofia says:

    Reminds me of my mother…
    Not quite the jargon of multinationals, but probably quite a lot of psychological babble here… not to mention linguistic prowess.

  11. mhwarren's avatar mhwarren says:

    I like your mother’s straightforwardness- refreshing! The rest is gobbledy gook.

  12. humbird's avatar humbird says:

    I guess, these ‘dulcet tones’ make the one’s company never boring one…

  13. Bryan Ens's avatar Bryan Ens says:

    “Communication zeroed out” – what a perfect description of management speak!

  14. Writer Adam Hughes's avatar Amber Danette says:

    So emotional,yet heartfelt. 🙂

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