The Agenda
When His Agenda Is Your Agenda and Your Agenda Is Our Agenda and Our Agenda Disguises His True Agenda …
It’s your agenda, he tells them, so they email Rog the items,
The same ones they’ve discussed all year.
Like the square footage of Diane’s office (so out of keeping with her status),
The Task and Finish Group’s inability to finish any task whatsoever
(but very palpable ability to set tasks for others),
And the plans for next year’s Christmas do (only a matter of a fortnight after this year’s Christmas do).
The vegetarian wellington had not been a success,
And it’s unlikely Nick from accounts will be invited again
After that thing he did with the sprouts.
Not to mention Barbara’s reaction to the brandy butter.
In short, and in bullet-point form, the usual conspires with the usual,
Before being emailed back round to the people
Who can more than define the usual,
Because Rog has been relying on them all along to define it.
Just like he’s been relying on them all along to believe it’s their agenda, too.
That way, there’ll never be any chance of them rumbling his.
