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the customer is always right

so they decided to do away with the concept of customers

By Roderick MakimPublished a day ago 1 min read
the customer is always right
Photo by ArtSpiley on Unsplash

chemical burns

like Joan on a

pyre

bare scalp

bare soul

endless

fire -

what use would your

conditioning be

in a burnt earth?

...

kill the

customer

and they will

never

complain

again

...

make the

customer

the product

and they can

always

always

be replaced

...

another

born

every second

First Draftsocial commentaryStream of Consciousnesssurreal poetryFree Verse

About the Creator

Roderick Makim

Read one too many adventure stories as a child and decided I'd make that my life.

I grew up on a cattle station in the Australian Outback and decided to spend the rest of my life seeing the rest of the world.

For more: www.roderickmakim.com

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