Why Bother [revised] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Suddenly: latest government buzzwords terrorising
officials trying to work quietly are ‘Health’ & ‘Safety’
except for one painting toenails while discoursing in
exotic languages requiring many exclamations and
sudden explosive African word-noises shredding
already frayed nerves of little civil servants

Next aggressive attack on powerless low-degree
employees - anti-fraud campaign shielding daily
scam-committing fat cats, aiming at any hungry
man taking a piece of bread illegally & changes
in cathartic cascades of password persecutions,
“Password” no longer acceptable as a sign-in

Must be something more esoteric, more sinister;
but a password devised for me so foreign to my
psyche I write it in my diary, paste it on pieces of
pink paper everywhere - an intrusive spy need not
torture me to get confidential content - old Interpol
messages, the paper copies shredded already

Let me demonstrate the password debacle; I had
Supergalifractious, but IT techs made it 5upperc@li
nothing left of my own magic word, only by keeping
it written large for all to see can I access my own
documents negating the purpose of high secrecy
so the question is - why bother in the first place?


[ORIGINAL: ]

Suddenly: health and safety latest buzzwords to
terrorise poor government officials trying to work
quietly – except for those painting toenails while
discoursing in exotic languages requiring many
exclamations and sudden explosives shredding
the already frayed nerves of little civil servants

Next aggressive attack on powerless low-degree
employees: anti-fraud campaign to shield fat cats
committing fraud daily yet persecute any hungry
person taking piece of bread illegally, campaigns
in cathartic cascades of Password Persecutions –
“Password” no longer acceptable as password

It must be something more esoteric, more sinister
but the password devised for me so foreign to my
psyche, I write it in my diary, paste it on pieces of
pink paper everywhere - an intrusive spy need not
torture me to get confidential content - old Interpol
messages, paper copies been shredded already

I want to tell everyone about the password debacle:
I wanted Supergalifractious, IT specialist made it in-
to 5upperc@ – nothing left of my magic word, only
keeping it written can I access my own documents
which negates the purpose of the experiment -
so why bother in the first place?