Tethered

Here we are again, tethered to desks by headsets
ready to yank our ears off if we stray too far
piping the neverending stall tactics into our ears
as we don't actually get to the root of it all.

Maybe it works differently in your head,
maybe you have an office with a loudspeaker
so you have freedom to roam about like a gazelle
exploring the vast plains of your native habitat

Me, I'm not even caged, I am chained here.

Of course it's not locked, it's just plugged with a one-eighth inch jack
that I could easily rip out of socket and physically flee
but some locks are not opened with a key
or the key is locked inside my own head

It's after 5, so all should be time to wrap up
alas we're still stuck here with you
listening, waiting for answers
that never seem to come.