THE LAST NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

THE LAST NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

So my friend, you plan to leave

It’s not an option, I do believe

Stay here with me, in the warm

We can still cook up a storm

Many more contracts to sign

And realise the choice is mine

Yes, this was an intern posting

You know that here is roasting

Lots of souls still so undecided

Just tell them what’s provided

A life that satisfies every whim

Choice isn’t going out on a limb

But you succumbed to my pitch

All this, and yet so keen to ditch

I do admit that I never suspected

A forged signature, uncorrected

Your tenure here just for a while

Surely you’ll leave with a smile

It’s experience for your resume

But you’ll be back again someday

You have been a good trainee

So please do not abandon me

And if you stay, I have a notion

I’ll even offer you a promotion

How about second in command

With much unsatisfied demand

But if you must, just turn and go

For millennia, I’ve run this show

I guess soon there’ll be another

Oh, have you met your brother

Just ignore that annoying whine

I’ve told him he was next in line