Big Man Up Front

 

Preserving assets,

making you money,

taking your crap,

pretend you're funny,

covering your butt,

and saving the deal,

attend your meetings,

just to skip a meal.

 

Coming in early,

staying until late,

I’m biting my lip,

doing work you hate.

Your numbers are lies,

but mine are the truth,

I dodge your bullets,

you lack any couth.

 

You won’t shut your mouth,

So I take control.

Employees loathe you,

low morale your goal.

Killing the business,

making grave mistakes,

micromanage us,

it’s all we can take.

 

I’m paid just enough,

it's so hard to leave.

One day I will quit,

and he’ll gripe and grieve.

Grass isn’t greener,

it is all the same,

just another jerk,

I’m sorry I came.

Todd M. Bailey

 

Reviews

[JudyC]

Wow, you've hit the nail on the head here! Many will relate to the sentiments in this poem. You express anger, yet the easy flow and clever rhymes make the poem fun to read. I especially like "your numbers are lies, mine are the truth; Dodging your bullets, you're lacking couth." Thanks for sharing this!

[Marie Harrison]

So much wisdom in your entertaining and adorable poem. I loved the rhyme and the flow, your humor and your message.

[Kyle Insane]

Whatever 'it' is, you've got.

[Lady Raven Spirit]

Todd this was a real pleasure. You have articulated the feelings of so many and done so in verse giving it just that much more punch. I am giving myself a little treat to night by coming here to read [school is so very close to being done].

[~angelalala~]

oh how i loved this poem in its entirety. witty and oh so true. it is always the most insignificant, smallest part of the company that gets walked over & unappreciated, while the big wigs are making the money. i can relate to this on so many levels. "Grass isn't greener, it's all the same" i loved this line for it is true in the corporate world, no matter where you work, or what your occupation is, or even what kind of company it is. it all lies on the small working man. wonderful, witty write. going in my favorites.

[Wicahpi]

Excellent rant about the "Big Man Up Front"! Thanks for entering the "Muck It" Contest!!! Good Luck

[Angelic Darkness]

This is straightforward, and I'm sure it helped when writing this to get this off your chest:).
Sometimes we can only take so much. AD

[Laura E. Aranda]

Good luck in the contest. This was intensely humorous! I wanted to laugh all the way thru it ....what a way to put it! It was an easy read and I enjoyed it! haha
Cheers, lea
PS Have you left yet??????

[Michael Kerr]

wow there a lot more be behind your poem i am glad to have read something so well written. thank you

[Writer CW Kirkland]

This is a great poem, and you did a good job expressing your emotions. I think many readers can relate to the feelings expressed in this poem on some level. You chose the right words to make this an easy read, and it flowed well. This poem has bitterness without being overdone. Thank you for sharing your writing on the Cafe, and I look forward to reading more in the future.