The topsy-turvy world of work can be a place where you sometimes don't know whether you're coming or going. Anchors and reference points can move so much you can't know if you're up or down. If you're going forward for backwards.
'Topsy Turvy'
Forward we step
Blight becomes might
Plight delivers insight
Light not night
Forward we step
Unknowns we trust
Address we must
Success for us
Us for success?
Must we address?
Trust we unknowns?
Step we forward?
Night not light?
Insight delivers plight?
Might becomes blight?
Step we forward?
(Loot, 2019)
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Image: The central parts of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313. The very active state of this galaxy is very evident from the image, showing many star formation regions. A great number of supershell nebulae, that is, cocoon of gas inflated and etched by successive bursts of star formation, are visible. The green nebulosities are regions emitting in the ionised oxygen lines and may harbour clusters with very hot stars.
Credit European Southern Observatory