I was about to be passed over,

And it wasn't by the angel of death.

It was for a promotion I thought I deserved.

But there was this guy there,

And he wasn't doin so good,

And the mansger thought he'd give the promotion to him

To see if it would motivate him to

Do better.

I was already "doin better," the manager told me when I asked him about why I'd been left out.

I was already motivated 

And already doin a heckuva job.

And yet, company stats revealed that out of 35 locations,

All the 82 sales managers were men

Except for one,

And all of the 35 general managers

Were also male.

And since many, if not all, their so-called meetings

Were held at country clubs or stripper bars,

They planned to keep it just that way.

So I guess the angel of death did come

It killed my motivation to do better

And any desire I might have had

To make any more money 

For myself,

Or for them,

Anymore.

-jenn