Colleagues Refuse To Sing And Laugh Poem by Margaret Alice

We have a new colleague, so very sweet,
smiling easily, I was tasked with introducing
her to the rest of the cast, an excuse to chat
and laugh, colleagues showing off their sterling
qualities also, welcoming her with glowing words,
the day tinkling with an added dimension, forms
to fill in

Though she translates from Italian, she does not
want to sing ‘Tic e tic e toc mio bel moretto*’ with
me, I feel ‘la mia risoluzione è irrevocabile’ - my
resolution is irrevocable – if anyone should ask
‘Siete dunque infelice’ – are you unhappy, I shall
reply, ‘Si, ’ my colleagues refuse to sing and laugh
with me…

*Tic e tic e toc mio bel moretto* = tic toc, handsome fellow