In a world of bandits a thief is a grind

Slots? We gots lots
Go takes your best shots.
Once you've begun
must continue 'til done.
May not be fun,
But you must live in one.

Conference

Thought the next speaker would be quite the whiz
'til he grinned and opined that "it is what it is".

Work 13

You seldom get cooperation
from a big-ass corporation;
they demand that you're the same,
if not? Why, you're the one to blame.
To the firm, if you're alive,
you're just one unit in the hive.
"Outside the box," they like to say,
but if you see the box, run 'way!