The Timid Anarchist’s Poetry Book

To say that God has left this place

Is to imply that he was once here

At this team-building

Improv workshop

 

What is the best Chrome plugin

For

Dismantling the

Patriarchy?

 

I went to a networking function

How successful I was!

How easy it is to speak to

And sneak shrimp into

The pocket of a businessman

 

Being somewhat of an expert on

Fascists

When you call every supervisor one, Megan,

It gets, how you say,

Diluted

 

An inclination to throw paint at a

Municipal building

But

The shade is such a nice salmon

So

Nothing

 

Megan

Please do not mistake me, for we support your

Post

Third

Wave

Feminist

Agenda

But “Halt and Catch Fire” has had an improved second season

We must discuss first

 

The PowerPoint is On

The Audio is Peaked

An Embedded Video Plays

The Cursor remains in the

Middle of the Slide

Your Spirit shucks its Ragged Meat Casing

 

No Twitter at work, you say?

It would be a shame if someone used

An

Incognito

Window.

 

RAGE

RAGE

RAGE

AU BON PAIN

RAGE

 

How can you report me to

Human Resources

When we are all Human Resources

For the SYSTEM

Now, if you’ll allow me to

FINISH

Upper-deckering this

TOILET

 

A standing desk

Lofted

Perfect for beating a hasty retreat

Upon the eve of uprising

Also it’s, like, two inches higher than Megan’s standing desk

She’s so mad

So

So

Mad

 

Sexual harassment training

I gaze at your lips

Your prescient lips

Ever moving

And I pretend

That you are mouthing the words to

“You Can Call Me Al”

By Paul Simon

Remember?

Paul Simon

Simon

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Paul Simon!

 

Welcome to the Alan Moore book club.

The man bun is not

Required

But it is

Encouraged.

 

I received a 2.5% increase in my compensation!

A proper reward

For 365 days

Without

Desk Screaming

Liz Anderson is a Chicago-based writer, performer, and comedian. She is currently the writer and director of “The One-Woman No-Show,” originally produced at The Annoyance Theater and Bar, and performs regularly with Chicago Improv Productions and ComedySportz Chicago. She is also a 6AM DJ on Saturday mornings with on CHIRP Radio (107.1 WCHI), so if you’re up early enough to catch her show, she’s already sorry.


28 Comments

  1. anniekate76 +60

    Your incognito will not save you from network monitoring. The only thing it does is keep it out of your browser’s history. Beware.

  2. flammablespam +44

    [crying/laughing in recognition]

    All along (along) there were incidents and accidents / there were hints and allegations

    But no one found Megan’s body (hint: look under the standing desk)

  3. owlbrick +12

    Upperdecking the toilet is passé. Next time try the filing cabinet. It will have more of an effect.

    1. maccrocodile +26

      I once filed a banana peel.

      It was my last day, and it was an inside joke with the people I was doing filing for. I hope they enjoyed the joke. Or at least found it quickly.

      1. RuncibleSpoon +17

        They probably found it pretty quickly. Anything that breaks up a boring day is a good thing, right? Seems like a similar level of crime to shrimp pocketing.

        I spent so much boring time as a kid at my dad’s office parties. I wish I’d heard of shrimp pocketing years ago.

        1. VioletandIrises +17

          I feel like shrimp pocketing could be the next big social game-slash-“event.”

          1 point for pocketing a regular, plain shrimp.

          2 points for pocketing a jumbo shrimp (This is based on the honor system. Respect the game; don’t lie about shrimp weight)

          An extra point each for:

          –Battered shrimp
          –Shrimp dipped in cocktail sauce (or any other sauce)
          –Pocketing your boss

          Two extra points each for:

          –Pocketing into trousers rather than a shirt or jacket.
          –Pocketing someone famous
          –Pocketing your ex

          Three extra points for pocketing a politician and/or diplomat.

          1. irishbreakfasttime +31

            Now we know why lady-clothes never have functional pockets. It’s defensive!

          2. maccrocodile +26

            Oh god, you put that out there, and now it’s going to become an MRA talking point.

            “Women want the right to secretly put shrimp in our pockets, but where are their pockets, huh? MISANDRY.”

  4. BoxOfBeesIRL +41

    This reminds me of sooooo many of my internet leftist friends who really want to smash capitalism but also really want to keep Netflix.

    1. richellejolene +6

      Despite my ill-fated New Year’s resolution to avoid the comments section, I’m glad I showed up this time to see this. Sooooo spot on.

  5. RuncibleSpoon +44

    “I received a 2.5% increase in my compensation!

    A proper reward

    For 365 days

    Without

    Desk Screaming”

    If I were less of a timid anarchist, this would be done up in needlepoint. In my cubicle.

    1. Katherine +1

      It’s no needlepoint, but I did print this (on the office printer!) and post it in my cubicle. 🙂

  6. Rhi +6

    I identify with this so much more than I ought to. Bravo!

    (angels in the architecture, spinning in infinity)

  7. suzynjackson +8

    Thank you. Now I will remember the secret, timid RAGE in my heart, every time I pass an AU BON PAIN.

  8. Suzyn

    Thank you. Now I will remember the secret, timid RAGE in my heart, every time I pass an AU BON PAIN.

  9. Strophoria +11

    Being somewhat of an expert on

    Fascists

    When you call every supervisor one, Megan,

    It gets, how you say,

    Diluted

    Let’s make this into a macro and flood marxist-leninist tumblr with it.