Poems of the Week

The Better Way

by Dan Campion

“Better.com CEO apologizes after laying off 900 employees via Zoom call”
Reuters

The “better” way is really “best”
When market movements say divest:
Don’t sit (so awkward!) in a room
With stiffs recruited in a boom—
Just disconnect their link to Zoom.
(A dot-com CEO is wise,
Pro forma, to apologize.)