# I sit at my desk **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102 "2012-04-18T00:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mskatied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mskatied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mskatied)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/1 "2012-04-18T00:23:05Z")
I sit at my desk Of glaze gloss candy colored plastic Musing the approaching… and running in the sun I’ve morphed myself; big girl Swimming in Mom’s business suit Ready to acquire flight I sit at my desk Armed with caffeine Pondering the future Wondering whose in charge I’ve morphed myself; camouflaged Rebellious hairs tamed awry Observing hours go by I sit at my desk Armed with mistakes-misapprehension-misidentify-misunderstanding-missed- My life. Pondering the past- the approaching Wondering whose in charge Life morphed myself; from a dreamer Wrinkles-Smoke Wishing I had done more then sit at my desk ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/2 "2012-04-18T00:30:18Z")
Why that there is a poem, I believe. Yep, a poem. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/3 "2012-04-18T00:33:07Z")
What three words were we supposed to use again? ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/4 "2012-04-18T21:59:25Z")
\*Rebellious hairs tamed awry \* doesn’t make any sense. you can stick commas after _hairs_ and _tamed_ and possibly get away with it. _Wondering whose in charge_ who’s I give you credit for possibly goofing off on the Man’s time, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/5 "2012-04-18T22:12:27Z")
That’s nice, dear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/6 "2012-04-19T01:46:26Z")
> [@mskatied](#): > > **then** sit at my desk _than_? Not sure if you meant than instead of then. I liked your poem tho, and if you truly wrote this while at work, I commend you for getting paid to write poetry, ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/7 "2012-04-19T02:09:24Z")
Needs more cowbell. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sit-at-my-desk/619102/8 "2012-04-19T02:52:53Z")
We’re putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that’d be great.