Report Data Man

Report data man is silver or grey
Not an exciting hue of either of these
More like a matte
Like the colour taken on by miles of bitumen  after a long drive

Report data man often has sore shoulders
He stoops in the quiet glow of his LCD screens
Back bent to numbers
Which dance like an Escher drawing before one’s eyes

Report data man dreams of a day
When his technicolour knight
Comes crashing through his window
In a blaze of carnivals and neon





Dedicated to those of us out there grinding the data wheel...