We look at demands on a screen
at the hands of people
who know nothing of our lives

We complete tasks 
at the mercy of a corporation
that would never notice
if we were gone tomorrow

Running around crammed spaces
with only the capacity to
hold onto what doesn’t matter

Sometimes, though,
the pace shifts and
we take a moment to
look at one another

Someone cracks a bad joke 
and someone playfully insults in return
Everybody laughs
forgetting all of the to-dos that
can wait another moment

And suddenly I remember 
that we are all human, after all