WORK OBLIGATION
the birthday club is mandatory
even if you do not eat the cake
you must contribute for the cake
or your share of the cake's cost
will be taken out of your paycheck
sometimes the cake is pizza
with meat toppings even–yet
you do not eat meat toppings that
themselves look like sunburnt suns
or doll plates set on the larger
banquet table of the pizza
where the party is always raging
since most days have birthdays
and the management makes
strategic hires taking this into account
deciding it's better to eat your paycheck
than to etc. etc. etc. on the questionnaire
you're asked which would you prefer
cake or pizza and your pick is recorded
three cheers for the illusion of autonomy
or was it choice deciding the key at which to sing
happy birthday to you happy birthday to you
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