Red Tape

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wakingDown
wakingDown
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Red Tape
What a hateful, heartless phrase
Full of callous disregard and dismissal
Riddled with appalling implications

Bureaucratic Quagmire
The ugly older brother looming
Crushing will and dreams both
With grinding wheels of files

Proper Channels
The polite term for wrong office
Go bother someone else with it
I'm on my five oh so sorry

Six Weeks
That magical timeframe stretch
For most paperwork processes
So long to stamp and mail

Filing Error
Start again because we fucked up
You pay for our mistakes in time
While you stand by in cold shadow
Waiting

wakingDown
wakingDown
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UnderYourSpellUnderYourSpellover 10 years ago
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Seems like you've been there when I've been trying to fill in my Tax Report! A good strong poem that say it all ........ the frustration and consequences of not getting things right the first time. Thanks for the read

HarryHillHarryHillover 10 years ago
For Desejo, who said,

Right now this could be about the post office, or someone trying to get a loan.

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The institutions have been changed to protect their ineptitude; the very definition of Red Tape.

HarryHillHarryHillover 10 years ago
Posting this before I read Desejo;s comment.

By the way, She has an interview in the PFD forum, take a look; ask a question.

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Now, 'Red Tape'

Love the headings before each stanza which were an insiders linear progression through a process; it's ending on Filing Error [GO BACK TO TOP] was particularly satisfying.

DesejoDesejoover 10 years ago

There is a world of potential in this poem. It's already a 5, but I think it could be even stronger with some changes. I've read your bio an assume this has to do with your own situation. Bring it through here stronger, make it so no one has to wonder what red tape you are talking about. Then publish it. Right now this could be about the post office, or someone trying to get a loan. The first two stanzas are not as hard hitting as they could be.