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Introductions
All we effing well do in training sessions, it seems…
Angela Ashbury is introduced to Adam Adair.
Again.
And Adam Adair introduces himself to Aubrey Hollister.
Again.
And so it goes, in pairs this time, having first gone round the room,
The facilitator, the trainer, the teacher, the whatever
Having immediately ducked,
As they so often do,
And redirected their anxiety onto the group,
As they enforce their authority,
Before having earned their authority,
By pushing for “Introductions”,
As if they’re properly interested,
As if Audrey or Adam or any of them are listening,
When they’re concentrating on what they have to say this time,
Made all the worst for those who have to wait,
Who have to go last,
Who know that the entire room is exhausted of interest
The second the parcel is passed,
And it’s someone else’s go.
