First day at the office
walk in
fake smiles
an empty desk in the corner
next to the rubbish bin
the hum of the photocopier
and the drip drip
d r i p
of the water machine matches your boss’s charm that
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s
as he tells you to do the coffee run
Red lipped mouths parrot the same discordant
chatter of ‘Are you new?’
You look outside the 10 story building and
wonder
of the seconds it will take for your body to hit
the pavement
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