Around and Around
Serpentine highways
weaving around office parks.
Commute in circles.
Serpentine highways
weaving around office parks.
Commute in circles.
Highway overpass
more crowded each passing week,
wish there was a train.
Upper management
encourages layoffs.
They earn bonuses.
The new copier
scans and faxes and prints.
Can it brew coffee?
Clients call at 5–
on Friday afternoon.
There goes the weekend.
Holiday weekends
leaving early on Friday
to sit in traffic.
Higher gas prices
eat away all my wages.
At least, fewer cars.
Graduate degree,
published papers and a book.
Still can’t find a job.
Taking online course
dreaming of better careers
still push paper
Customers order
while they are on their cell phones
Angry at mistakes.