The mahogany desk was a wide wooden lake

The mahogany desk was a wide, wooden lake,

and I was a man with a massive mistake.

My tie was a fraction of an inch to the west,

while they put my five-year-plan through the test.

My mouth was as dry as a pile of sand,

with a plastic cup shaking right there in my hand.

He looked at my resume, gave it a frown,

and waited for me to eventually drown.