In the Boardroom.(Poem)

 
IN THE BOARDROOM 
for Tony Garnett 
 
   "Certificates of Appreciation" 
   line one side 
   of the grey room. 
   At the other end, paintings 
   bought at an exhibition, 
   done by children 
   with Down's Syndrome 
 
   Hard to equate 
   it all somehow--benevolence, 
   corporate sponsorship, 
   a maze of corridors 
   and cubicles 
   where employees sit 
   at computers 
   and help the "wheels 
   of industry" grind on. 
 
   Across the corridor, 
   barely seen through 
   opened slats, 
   the sun ...