Peppy Clerk

Haikus

Steam incident logged
where no steam or pipes existed
still the head was gone

Photo after fire
Peppy smiling past disposal
records cough politely

Retired on paper
active in the hallway still
Tuesday makes the rules

Do not become stool
waits beside the corridor now
and becomes evidence

Destroyed but present
that is valid in this wing
if filed correctly

Glove counts drift by night
forms amend themselves softly
Peppy waves through both

Mascot or system
procedural atmosphere
depends which memo

Tolland asked one thing
does it remember people
then got refiled out

Basement steam never
needed steam to do its work
paper made it burn

Peppy Clerk remains
where contradiction learns poise
and smiles after death