Trickle Down

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