you're fired

the coach gets fired
after too many losses,
the man
in the assembly line, too
slow, accidents
all the time,
he's done.
the gardener if everything
is brown
or dies, he's
gone.
the cop with a wild
gun,
adios,
the zoo keeper
letting out the lions
or the monkeys
leaving the cages
unlocked, fired.
we're all on a short
leash, easily replaced
when things
go wrong,
shown the door
with hardly a thought.