#The One With The Can We Move The Queue Please

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shadow crypt
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Welcome to the poetry recital,
where time goes to lie down.
Specifically on AOP,
where the line isn’t a line,
it’s a lifestyle choice.

I swear the queue doesn’t move forward,
it ages.
People enter with hope,
leave with a beard and a memoir.

Dead Poets Society
took less time than this.
And they’re dead.
They don’t have places to be.
They don’t have Google Calendars.
They don’t have anxiety about missing the bus.

They don’t have things to do.

I have things to do 💔

One poem goes up,
three snaps later,
we’re still unpacking the first metaphor.
By the time feedback starts,
the sun’s changed positions
and I’ve reconsidered my career

You see, I’m not upset about feedbacking
What makes me mad is that they don’t even talk about feedback 💀

12 PEOPLE IN THE CALL

Just sitting there while these two are talking about their Saturday plans.
Here’s a plan,
STOP TALKING.

I’ll even help you!
No, you cannot have your first date McDonald’s.
You got PayPal?
If it means moving on, I’ll pay for dinner 🥀
Your welcome.

No I’m not coming with you 🥀
Pfft, you need a wingman.
You’re taking so long I’m about to grow a halo and some wings, man 🥀
You on the other hand, will not if you take her to Mickey D’s
Jesus.

The funniest part is
The feedback is not even happening IN Feedback Fortress 🥀
Maybe I’ll suggest a new channel to the mods soon
I’ll call it “Can We Move On Castle”
It’s on Hurry Up Hill.

I’m telling you,
By the time we get onto the 3rd poem,
I had to tell them “Guys I gotta go, my wife’s having a kid”.

They took so long for feedback,
I got interested in my girlfriend’s work gossip.
Like—
invested invested.

Yeah, I’m on season 2 right now,
it’s getting good.

Season 1 was world-building:
names, departments,
“this guy’s weird but somehow untouchable.”

Season 2?
Oh no—
now it’s plot.

There was a meeting that should’ve been an email,
someone replied-all emotionally,
and now HR has a subplot.
(Cont. Below)

shadow crypt
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Another poem.
Another pause.
Another round of “feedback” so long
I’m mentally making popcorn
for the next episode of Workplace Drama:
The Promotion That Should Not Have Happened.

By the time it’s my turn,
I’ve lived a full life.
I’ve laughed.
I’ve learned.
I’ve emotionally sided with the intern.
Oh and I wanted to let you guys know that my grandkids are listening in too.

And then finally,
It’s my turn.
My poem gets recited,
I get some claps,
And then
“Guys I think we should keep feedback shorter”
And everyone moves on.

Hey, why are you guys moving on so fast?
“Sorry, this isn’t Feedback Fortress”.

The queue is crazy man.
The latest queue has taken so long,
I was able to write this entire poem out.

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