trinet smoothbrain
I want to pour every one of my dollars into the chinatown massage place
I lie with my face in a circle and stain the carpet with my tears, my face getting wetter and rounder as it’s gently pushed into the pale yellow foam of the massage table
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I want to keep spending my payroll on products and services
Flights and storage
square footage and rentals
I want to save no dollar
in looping payroll to transaction
feeling payable, receivable
ready to get paid
to receive goods and services
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waterfall Loop
unbreakable
strange how
I’ve never liked it anywhere
Until I was bankrolled into an irresponsible lifestyle
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I tell him
I’m doing well, I’m making some money now, and trying to make good decisions for myself
while the truth is
I don’t have to make decisions, I’ve already arrived.
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I am comfortable
Free of worry
and depression. Strategy less urgent
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we see
the matcha latte gen z who made tiktok careers out of their powerlessness in the job market
as smoothbrained.
but I know,
that the most smoothbrain,
most complacent person
and dangerous apolitical class
is the trinet payroll
consumer of products and services
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more powerful than ever,
gen z will rise up;
I will be angry that my amazon packages are late.
my payroll class, recruited to apathy
with the promise of “benefits”.
When the corporation signed on to save our lives,
politically
we lost an entire generation
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we the people lived
a bankrolled lifestyle
in which we
exchanged our time for
payroll.
hustled to labor for
a profit
devoid of context
and shrouded in joy
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I said to the photographer that I’m sorry about my low effort today. He says that your low effort might be someone else’s high effort. I say thank you;
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Here lies Laura,
Made an Effort
Into things that didn’t matter
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(Continued with life)
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But that didn’t get to her
She was too comfortable
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Laura’s a good time,
Mirroring her surroundings
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Walk through her loop,
A hollow reflective portal
an insular string of references
Devoid of urgency
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Research say that we should just
Give people cash
And they can die just like me
in Seamless fulfillment
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All questions dissipate
When I spend all my money on products and services