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The Boss
by Alex Grehy
Thank you for choosing me to be your next CEO,
I promise to uphold the values of Femme Unlimited.
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Fair pay
Fair play
Fair life
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Our company is integral to the society in which
we operate, how we work is how we live,
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Compassion
Balance
Trust
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Equality is our corporate DNA, every woman may
have a role here if they wish it, regardless of
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Age
Style
Size
.
I acknowledge the many currencies that we trade,
cash, of course, but our true riches are
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Intelligence,
Diligence
Resilience
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Together we are gently powerful, moving the world
like a pod of orcas, at peace with our women’s weapons
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Co-operation
Communication
Laughter
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We do not, and never will, employ the sperm, but they’re
happy enough in copulation farms, it’s all they ever wanted.
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We are powerful
We are joyful
We are free
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Fiction © Copyright Alex Grehy
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
More from author Alex Grehy:
Last Species Standing
Alex Grehy (she/her) enjoys writing quirky, thought-provoking horror and is a regular contributor to The Sirens Call and Ladies of Horror Flash Project. Her fiction and essays on being a lady of horror have featured in a range of publications, including Spread: Tales of Deadly Flora. Alex’s first poetry collection, Last Species Standing, which explores mankind’s relationship with nature and technology, is available on Amazon.
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Delightfully subversive, loved it.
Thank you! I really struggled to make it a horror, but then I thought that horror is in the mind of the beholder so ran with it. 😀
I think that’s why it works so well. It’s a quiet horror that sneaks up on you and gives that twist at the end.
the ending is an unexpected delightful twist!
Thank you 🙂
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