What bores you?
Boring, Boring, Boring…
Boring, boring, boring—
This meeting has me snoring.
The clock hands move like slugs in glue,
My soul is slowly warping.
The PowerPoint is endless,
Graphs and charts so senseless.
“Synergy” and “paradigm shift,”
I’d rather eat a cactus.
And don’t forget the KPI’s
The bosses really love them
I’d rather stick needles in my eyes
If you understand my problem.
The coffee’s weak, the air is stale,
This room feels like a coffin.
I check my phone—it’s only noon?!
Please let me out more often.
Boring, boring, boring—
My eyelids fight from falling.
If I escape out through the vents,
Would that be too alarming?
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This poem perfectly captures that universal moment when you’re trapped in a meeting, and your brain decides to go on vacation without you. The whole air vent escape plan? Genius. It’s like when you’re at a family dinner, and mid-sentence, you’re suddenly wondering if clouds ever get tired of floating around.
The way you describe time slowing down during the meeting made me laugh—because it’s true! Meetings have this magical power to stretch five minutes into what feels like the entire Jurassic period. And the idea of the speaker plotting an escape? Honestly, that’s peak survival mode. It’s like when you’re stuck in a waiting room, staring at a fish tank, and start wondering if the fish judge your life choices.
But beyond the humor, there’s a deeper thought here—sometimes we’re so trapped by routine that our minds crave a wild adventure… even if it’s just imagining crawling through air vents like a low-budget action hero. Loved this! It’s a hilarious reminder that boredom might be the brain’s weird way of begging for a plot twist.
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Fortunately, these times are long past as I have been retired for the last 10 years!
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