There is a Template for a Performance Improvement Plan...

This poem or conceptual art piece takes the form of an employee manual, to view the difference between corporate structure and individual creativity. Through the story of "Frank", a Home Depot employee placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), the poem examines the tensions between artistic expression and workplace expectations. Documenting Frank's unconventional behaviors—such as reenacting Joseph Beuys' performance art with a dead hare during critical moments—it highlights themes of disruption, conformity, and the limits of creativity in professional settings. This work is divided into two sections: a standardized template for a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and an actual example of its implementation, centering on Frank, a Home Depot employee. The piece juxtaposes the impersonal structure of the template with Frank’s story, where his habit of integrating Joseph Beuys’ performance art—such as using a dead hare during critical moments—has caused workplace disruption.