Enchantment Of Bureaucratic Speak 7.28.2008 Poem by Margaret Alice

Oh, the enchantment
of bureaucratic speak
is bewitching me again:

“When preparing a request
for funding, put the Acting CFO
on the route form for approval”

My question is: How will he fit
on there and would he be willing
to stay there - until approval?

You must also indicate “IN which
budget the funds must be taken
FROM”; as I said before

The job description of our administration
should include the right to patent new
metaphors on a daily basis

And I happily approve…