A lousy raise communicated by e-mail: that was my inspiration for Big Tent Poetry's weekly prompt. The assignment: to borrow words from whatever struck us at any given moment – finding words from our everyday lives – even if it meant stealing the words of others.
At least "the impersonal nature of this e-mail" ... a great line that wouldn't fit into my fib poem ... was rich with inspiration. All words straight from the boss's e-mail; just shuffled up a bit. :-) The spirit remains the same.
Thank You
Thank
You
Christine
For hard work
Your new salary
I am sorry you will see it.
11 comments:
You did good!
pavement musings
Perfect fib - I'm thinking this raise wasn't what you expected. E-mail yet. Pft. Glad you're liking fibs!
How horrible! But you got a good poem out of it, so all is not lost.
You have made out the best of this situation ^_^.
Thank you, friends! So nice to hear from you all; can't wait to see your latest. :-)
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I like the way you twisted (what I imagined).
This fib is a good retort (though I wish you had more tangible means in an unfair world).
hah! AWESOME!! I mean the wit and sarcasm... not that lousy raise :)
But sometimes I think, something's better than nothing! :)
And you know what! Interestingly, the word verification thingy has asked me to enter the word "tries" for this post!! How odd is that!!! :)
Sadly, many of us have had this kind of experience. I had a dream recently in which I got a $.22 raise. And I'm retired! I think this comes back to the need to find our worth within ourselves. Like your blog...keep at it!
Victoria
Such wonderful comments; uplifting: thank you, ladies! Almost makes the crap raise worth it ;-)
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