The Office Party
\nby cricketjeff on December 16, 2011.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nSo charming, so pretty, so “everything right”
\nSo cheerful, so witty, so “sure thing tonight”
\nSo not what he thinks, “she”‘s a trucker named Jock
\nThe regional manager’s in for a shock!<\/p>\n
And next to this couple is Dave from the bank
\nWho’s chatting to Maureen, as fierce as a tank,
\nBut here with her hair down, her glasses removed,
\nThe men from accounts have all stamped her “approved”!<\/p>\n
There’s Martha from costing, who isn’t with Joe,
\n(They “meet” every lunchtime but we “mustn’t know”)
\nAnd Martha’s boss Harry, his daughter Maureen
\nWho works down in packing where no joke is clean.<\/p>\n
With Stephen from research are Harish and Will
\nDiscussing their prospects and who pays the bill
\nThe girls from the switchboard have things they must say
\nThey’re pretty sure Maurice is secretly gay.<\/p>\n
John’s sat at a table with John and with Jon
\nThey were sat with Johnny but now he has gone
\nI think Mary’s drunk and I know that her friend
\nHas downed three tequilas and gone round the bend<\/p>\n
I think I see Ellis, with nothing to do
\nHis ears always open for anything new
\nHas he heard a manager planning some scheme?
\nHe’s looking ecstatic, a cat with the cream.<\/p>\n
When Alex arrived it was quiet and slow
\nTill he started singing and dancing with Flo
\nSome others joined in at the Karaoke
\nOff tempo, off message and always off key!<\/p>\n
The prettiest girls with the popular guys
\nTill wine takes effect and starts clouding all eyes
\nThen mixing begins and we find out the truth
\nIt’s Jan who likes Dana and Peter LOVES Ruth!<\/p>\n
Tomorrow the office will not seem the same
\nWith half the heads drumming this party’s to blame
\nBut nobody’s moaning or shedding a tear
\nThe price is worth paying, for one day a year!<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nThere’ll be more …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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