Junior Associate in the big firm.
Made it to the big firm
New lawyer
Hoping to save the world
Right all wrongs.
That’ll be the day
Chucky Boy.
Instead a pile of neglected files
On his desk.
Office nice enough
But soon to become
His dingy sweatshop.
When he wasn’t running
Down to the Courthouse
Waiting on trivial things.
Here my Lad take a shot at
This fenceline argument
This zoning change
To a mink kennel
Next to the posh neighbourhood.
This DUI charge where guy
Just about confessed
To the cop while
Lying on his back on the road.
All pretty much losing games.
Lotsa time spent
Puny billings recovered.
No one instructing
On the how and how much
Of retainers, and when to invoice
And pull cash out.
A jungle of unexpected
Eventualities.
This big and
Prestigious firm.
About this poem
Close to non fiction for me. Thirteen years a lawyer.
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Written on April 29, 2024
Submitted by dougb.72572 on April 29, 2024
Modified by dougb.72572 on April 29, 2024
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