“HR tele-novella” (Room above clouds / 2018)
A poem by Kwoa

I patched another heel strap,
racing between shiny lifts,
to make a statement!
While some enjoy their birth’s gifts,
I chase behind the wealth gap.
 
Resumes hover above pavement,
as we compete with dumb confidence,
framed by a well-oiled trap.
I entertain a modern romance,
that cement pyramid management.

by Kwoa – 2018

2018/2/19 9.10am
Skyscraper meeting-room lost in clouds
Shanghai / China

Poem inspired by a ballad around the office district of Lujiazui’s early morning. People are rushing for the opportunity to make their way to the top. An ambition entertained and used by HR management to refresh company pyramid (=> firing senior to hire junior => reducing average remuneration). The picture was taken in one meeting room of a Lujiazui skyscraper, in the Novotel Atlantis Hotel. Low heavy clouds that day…