2010/05/04 Exultation Poem by Margaret Alice

Brought ALL documents for administration with me,
beloved, most honoured, joyous Production Sheet
recording every moment that I breathe, every move
that I make, counting seconds, minutes and hours

The most lovely pair of manacles ever devised by
mankind, the absolutely perfect form for recording
every moment I live under the sun, I shall only ever
escape once I die, but while in physical form

I shall never be lost again, the form is my Bible, my
guidance, the dictum and maxim, my only reliance
to determine whether my soul is still pure from the
terrible omission of sin, the regrettable aversion

To the wonderful, comforting words written by super-
intelligent correspondents out there who love to
advise and kindly criticize our President, who air
their lofty opinions in the most elegant way

Who share their marvelous, enchanting ideas in the
most endearing way, who bring light into darkness
shining like gems and precious jewels in the rank
dankness of this material world in need of -

Their succor, who convey wonderful thoughts in the
most scientific and uplifting – may I say – sublime
terms, who fill my heart with delight – oops, back to
the Masterful Production Sheet, god-ruler of my life

The incense altar of bureaucracy at which I sacrifice
selling my soul for the marvels of modern technology
I still shiver in tremulous exultation when I think of the
weekly Work-On-Hands list, to be listed

Into a bigger List to be included in a Monthly Report that
will be subsumed in a Sectional List to be incorporated
in a Departmental Journal to be used to indicate we do
exist; never again shall philosophical questions arise

Our existence is infinitely proven, eternally unquestionable
by means of the most overpowering device mankind has
ever devised – statistics entailed in interminable, delicious
scrumptiously magnificent – LISTS!