Leaves Us Agog [r] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Poor Madame La Pompadour is afflicted with
a knotted back & cannot get up and make the
trek to the office as she is stuck - this tangled
spine requires expert injection attack - though
we experience the condescending je-ne-sais-
quoi feeling as our dear Madame's frequently
bedridden & can only drag herself out of bed
in some extreme situations - and then takes

Charge again with an antagonism against life,
client departments and service providers that
leaves us agog with the desire to see more of
Madame's amazing brand of unique tact that
seems to be a special knack nobody else has
ever acquired or emulated successfully, & we
really wish our poor Madame well, hoping the
tangled spine will desist & that Madame will

Resist a temptation to stay home for too long;
we'll miss her strange sense of the ridiculous
too much to continue life without her amazing
contribution to our taking delight in the absurd
events played out in the administrative public
servants' sacrificial life….