Other people systems
jumped into our lives today,
after our morning coffee.
First thing
we fell into
the endless loop
of voicemail
of the disastrous health insurance
company
press pound, 1, 2, 3
all the wrong options
never the right choice
transferred from department
to department
person
to person
Never the right person
to finally get a name
and a number
to leave a message
to a person who is
not there.
Time is running out.
Their deadline
Their delays
Their incompetence
For which we give
Our time
Our money
Now WE aren’t speaking to each other.
Bummer.
© Glenda Kotchish
November 2018