Thursday, July 18, 2013


SIGN IN PLEASE

Just after I walked in,
I put a check next
to my name indicating,
“I am present.”
Then they began
the meeting
with a roll call.
I said, “Present.”
So I was surprised
when a piece of paper
was passed around
during the meeting
to sign one’s name
if one was present.
I signed – this making
it the third time I said
“I am present.”
But it had become
a blatant lie.
I was absent
from that meeting
from beginning to end.
And from where I was sitting,
so too were most of the
people in the room.

Has this ever happened to you?

“Ooops. That hurt when you said,
‘By the way, I've been 
at a meeting that you ran.'" 


© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2013

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