Hour 13

Development practitioner

Just a glorified volunteer

Three to five unpaid internships

Because I am a do-gooder

 

Dreamt of being a global traveller

Have to settle with meetings on Teams

Thought I’d be making the world better

Nothing is ever what it seems

 

Blames everything on past colonials

Yet financially dependent on neoliberals

Flashy words like governmentality

Far removed from reality

 

Say I’m not after fame

But my choice of profession boosts my ego

Say I’m not after money

But my dream job at the UN would make me rich

 

When people ask what I do

I get confused by my own answer

Half the time wondering how I got here

The other half I’m just glad they’re finally paying me

Because I fucking love my job