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Cubicle Sentence

A million people, maybe more,
Have sat in that upholstered seat,
A million asses, maybe more,
Have spread their effluvia

Countless specks of countless sneezes
Obscure the monitor at which you squint,
A million hairs and crumbs, maybe more,
Litter the inside of your grimy keyboard

A film has been laid upon your desk,
The years of rote clerical functions,
The boredom, the tediousness, the repetition,
These are the bars through which you cannot burst free

Menus clog your desk drawers
From restaurants that no longer exist,
Holiday schedules from twenty years ago
Waste space and tacks on your cubicle walls

Post-Its, like viruses, line the borders of the screen,
Your mouse smells like exotic cheeses,
Fluorescents, oh, the fluorescents:
Your glasses surreptitiously get thicker

Bloodshot eyes, aching back,
Atrophied legs and tongues.

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Written October 8th, 2003

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  • cherche -d -ame
    October 11, 2003
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    OH my....I know peple have to make a living , but I do believe the men in the white coats and butterfly nets would have to come and get me in no time flat .....if that is how my life was. But you did a great job of describing it all...up to the little details of old menus and post it notes
    Reenie <----your date

  • mydream
    October 8, 2003
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    Are we venting some frustration today? Very nicely written, enjoyed it a bunch!


  • Manicmuze
    October 8, 2003
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    oh geez... you just transported me back two years before i hit "burn-out" and walked out of those cubicles forever... don't forget carpel tunnel syndrome ... and coffee addiction :-)

    It's an elevator music poem :-)))

    Very well done, I can definately relate,
    ~ Wendy


  • jenneddin silver member
    October 8, 2003
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    yep I know this well... one of those clock watching jobs.... you said this brilliantly