puppeteer

yes
   sir. you’re a key exec
      utive. a
   r e a l important
man.

you told us how your pass
   port looks like an
      accordian. how

   you’re more like
      ly to remember our
   phone numbers than our
names.

how you’ve run
   one successful bus
      iness operation
   after

   another. how you
      just about have your
   arms a-round
ours.

   & how, after all the
      critical de-cisions are
   made, you’ll be moving
on.

you don’t trust us be
   cause you don’t have
      to be-cause you’re
   the
boss.

we are your
   creeple, the bleebs of
      your blastures. you
   flail to prepare a

   table before us
      to keep-the-costs-
down.

you want us to know that
   YOU are in-CHARGE, &
      that you’re very
   concerned with disclaimers

   about our
work.

there’s spittle on your
   lips when you speak to
      us. dry spittle
   on your
lips.

you’re about to
   take over. the con
      trols are almost in
   place. our hands will

   soon be your
      hands. knots &
   strings. knots &
      strings

   are all you
      extremely
need.

& when our
   hands are bound by
      string to yours,
   you’ll finally be able to

   communicate exactly
      what-you-want-us-to
do.