Bring A Brick To Work

Bring a brick to work today,

bring a blueprint, bring a prayer.

Bring some peas in –

but never marrowfat, no fear.

Bring a tunnel and a blimp;

bring no thinking, ever.

Bring an empty can

to put some screams in.

Bring in dehydrated dreams,

but don’t add water (just in case).

Bring in the sons and daughters

of monsters for an awayday.

Bring in double dares

and bloody mindedness.

Bring in ‘why I ought to’

and ‘something to declare’

in an oversized rucksack.

Bring in a cul-de-sac,

a Men-At-Work road sign

with secret, sinister messages

sewn in.

Bring in,best of all,

must-be-more-than-this

Master Plan.

Bring in Pan and Zeus

to get mystical

on managers’ blind spots

and bloody comfort zones.

But, whatever else,

don’t bring in your real self.