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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Nouveau Corporate Bourgeois

Multi-colored pens
Round the neck,
Marking
Files
Blue and red,
Gist in mind,
Speedily typed,
Facts and figures
Overlapping regular conversation,
Language increasingly
Official,
Dress
Casually formal
And
Attitude
Formally casual,
Nouveau-corporate-burgeois' here.

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19 comments:

  1. Haha. I think I might like to work in that office : )
    Great play on formal/casual.

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  2. That does look like a pleasant office.

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  3. It's a slow creep, like the papers across the tables. Thank you for this LM x

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    1. Thank you so much Lyssa. Yeah the tell-tale signs have started making their way

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  4. An office can be anywhere these days. You captured that concept in an extremely lyrical and well-structred way. Very well written piece, Ruby. :)

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  5. You put those 33 words together like a brilliant collage. Well done, thanks for sharing!

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  6. Ooo, I think I know her! :) Great description. I love the phrase "nouveau-corporate-burgeois."

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  8. You captured the speedy and fractured feel of fast business work. Thanks for contributing!

    - Ermisenda

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  9. You took this in such a unique direction!

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    1. I tried to and I hope it worked. Thank you so much Draug.

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  10. What a cool response to the prompt. Thanks for linking up.

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