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June 14, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Leave Something Be, And It Changes Anyway

all of the meetings you attend are not to bring
any resolve at all. They are to make you a
conspirator in the poverty of time. If you just

read your emails you would not be any wiser –
but that’s the same outcome as attending all
of the meetings. There is no difference. Ever.

This is the silent first item on every single agenda.
The change you might believe you are making,
or resisting, is going to happen anyway. Either way.

Have a good day. And remember, another meeting
will begin in 15 minutes. But in some vital, cruel
way, you are already late.

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