This is the way the world ends....

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this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends
not with a bang, but with a whimper.

Hollowman, T.S.Elliot?

This stanza is embedded in my mind because apocalypse cannot be anything but dramatic as the world rears up its body and roars in denial at the extingushing of its life. It cannot be anything but lurid, memorable and loud. Yet the end of my foray into the world of corporate administration is with a whimper. And the bang has to be created yet again.

This corporate gollum is tired and happy to lay head and suit on the guillotine. It has been a long, arduous journey.
Much has been lost: innocence, patience, self-righteousness.
Much has been gained: guile, frustration, compulsion, passion, entitlement, determination.
The lessons have been hard and stubborn. And they may continue to be stubborn, but the blows have dulled.
Softened.