Poem for My Boss

Hey, can you do a write up,

My boss suddenly came up.

On what? asked the innocent me

Of course, on Audit!

Came the cool reply.

A write up on Audit?

Oh yes, I can do

Replied me, for the heck of it.

I went on to write it

Got thoroughly stuck with it

Can you guess why?

Because it is so vague and dry!

Can I have the write up?

Back came my boss

I could not speak up

For, all my attempts to write

Went for a toss.

Said my boss,

I’ll come after a while

Keep it ready without fail.

I started writing in a file

Picking up sheets from the pile

And my pen getting steady.

 “Is it ready, by any chance?”

questioned she with a glance.

Please hurry up and send by mail

Else, behind the deadline, we shall trail.

Not once she screamed,

Not once was she cross,

But yes, she was the boss.

I became tense, really tense

Words that I penned

Made no sense

I prayed to myself,

Good heavens!

God was great,

He answered my prayers

For, out from the papers

Emerged a poem.

I managed to twine,

A few words in them.

More words from my pen

Came down like rain.

My friends saw it

They read it

Wah! Wah ! Good for Audit!

Good for Innerve!! (Innerve - An Inhouse Journal)

And they sang it.

My boss saw it

And she read it,

Melodious it was

When she hummed it.

Yes, she saw it

And said about it

Great for Audit, not for Innerve!

What purpose does it serve?

Words for my poem,

Had showered down like rain

Now, I was going back home

Crying in pain

Now. it was tears

That flowed down like rain

For, my great little poem

Was going down the drain.

Friends called me

They consoled me

My boss came to me

And she consoled me.

Never mind, if it

Doesn’t go for print

Come on, let’s display it

For all to see, in our department,

That is, Audit.

So sweet of them,

They pacified me.

So sweet of my boss

She agreed with them.

We pinned it

And we sang it.

Apt for Innerve!

Good for Sobha!!

And pride for Audit!!!

Author

Mangala Madhuchand