Partitions

Picture courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/261126130 creative commons…modified by me

Placing barriers between us
Arranging spaces to restrict us
Rarely allowing quiet and peace
Trapped with noise that does not cease
Inspiration drowned out by static
The constant of the office dramatic
Introspection drowned in clatter
Open offices’ constant chatter
Nowhere left to be productive
Spaces created to be reductive

In response to Mara Eastern’s poetry 101 rehab: Partition, currently being artfully hosted by Andy Townend http://andytownend.com/2015/08/03/poetry-101-rehab-keyword/. Three guesses as to what kind of office I work in…