Watch Out, You’re The First One! Poem by Anita Atina

Frustration mounts

As every task, falls apart

Computers fail

Power black out

Presentations stuck

Bosses shout

Juniors get dumber

Clients’ lame duck

Is this work or is this muck?



Foreboding creeps

Shivers up the spine

What’s coming at us

Can’t see the outline

Yet feel it come

With cold feet

And untold slime

Talk doesn’t matter

Stop the chatter



Listen to its approach

Feel the chill

Everything stops

Including will

Ghastly fascination

Overtakes optimism

Lurching hearts

Quivering lips

Watch out, you’re the first one