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It’s like loosing one’s
footing, free
falling, breaching
the skin of a bottomless
abyss, plunging into
frigid nothingness, recoiling
against the smacking,
sting, limbs flailing, eyes
clenched shut, lungs
bursting, spinning, spiraling,
suspended in forced
surrender…
there will most certainly be
casualties, necessary
collateral, reduced
redundancy, realigned
priorities, rendering of
irrelevant complexity
to satisfy some ravenous
bottom line, winners taking
all, where loyalty is
expected until
it’s not…
Some will surface quite unscathed
in safety nets of severance pay
some in self-survival mode
will find a way to stay afloat…
the rest will simply fade away
caught up in the undertow.
kat ~ 21 June 2016
(looks like it’s going to be another one of THOSE weeks…:/)
like mercury colliding... 
June 21st, 2016 at 3:44 pm
Wooooo xxxx
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June 21st, 2016 at 9:17 pm
It’s a roller coaster! 😜
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June 22nd, 2016 at 12:25 am
yes I am sure
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June 21st, 2016 at 4:34 pm
Lovely. That is very heartfelt. Been there, done that! Sounds like a DLTBGYD moment.
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June 21st, 2016 at 6:40 pm
Haha! Had to look that acronym up! Yep! Things are a bit crazy and uncertain. We shall see. On the bright side…I may end up with more time to write! 😊
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June 21st, 2016 at 5:40 pm
Great poem Kat. I think what u write about the corporate world is true. When there are layoffs or downsizing, some get severance, but many are left go with nothing. We can only hope they’ve saved for a rainy day.
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June 21st, 2016 at 6:41 pm
So true. It is certainly a challenge.
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June 21st, 2016 at 8:32 pm
Bummer.
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June 21st, 2016 at 8:48 pm
We shall see. Hoping for the best. 😊
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June 22nd, 2016 at 2:17 am
I know you clued me in to this earlier. I am so sorry, however I think I have been through no less than 5 or 6 of these events in the past 20 years. I lost out on one after my first 3 years, got hired back a year later, and survived the rest of them. It is NOT a fun time for anyone, and many tears are shed. Hugs. xoxooxo Kat.
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June 22nd, 2016 at 6:03 am
Thanks Kathryn. This was one of those 2 am poems. I hate that I’m losing sleep over this! I’m not sure my boss will survive this one and you know what that means…😕
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June 22nd, 2016 at 12:12 pm
Hugs! xoxo
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