white noise

bruce hornsby

silent room

hundred strong some hearing distant muzak

it's setting the mood

tedium here

in his cubicle he's doing his work

the same thing daily

papers and forms

staring concentrating on the ledger

no room for error

hours on end

takes a dogged man of great endurance

and nobody knows

nobody will speak a word

at least no speaking out loud

no note-comparing

no jokes told

it's just not allowed

no one lines up to see the numbing endless toil and grind

it takes so much not to snap

not to lose a mind

here's some white noise for you

for your car and or cubicle

music

meds and white noise

ease the pressure down in your crucible

this is the world

you and your job in your space with your data

your files and your flow charts

and your ten minute break

nobody knows

nobody cares

but you know

you know what you are

today's frontier man herding

taming an unending paper flood

guarding the fort from disaster for your people

the brotherhood of tedium in your spartan chair

a hero for our time in the stale office air

here's some white noise for you

for your pod and or cubicle

music and meds and the white noise

ease the pressure down in your crucible

will the drugs help? a little music? isometrics

white noise

white noise in your pod

relaxing white noise