The Office
There are three of you,
two scratching at their desks
one standing far down the hall.
That is all,
no interaction
no recognition
And the file cabinets are closed
A time when rotary dials
reined (and rang), no texts
with gifs could tantalize you
to turn your attention away
from the job of the day.
There aren’t even snapshots
in frames on your desks –
strictly business, strictly BS.
So, it seems
so old,
so cold,
so closed in the Kodak margins,
you are alone.
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love:
how you draw the scene
and fav lines:
“And the file cabinets are closed”
“There aren’t even snapshots
in frames on your desks –”
and with those last two lines you shutter the scene closed.
Yup.
Great snapshot.
A.photo of a photo
And
“There aren’t even snapshots
in frames on your desks –”
Is so good.
Very taken by the symbolism of the closed file cabinets. This poem does its job so well!
I absolutely love this! It is a snapshot of a moment of a time.
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“A time when rotary dials
reined (and rang), no texts”
One of the parts of the pre-Millennium that I miss.
Yes, the loneliness of the office worker drawn so well here. Nice poem!
There are three of you,
two scratching at their desks
one standing down the hall.
A few revisions:
That is all,
no interaction
no recognition
And the file cabinets are closed
A time when rotary dials
reined (and rang), no texts
with gifs to tantalize you,
to turn your attention away
from the job of the day.
There aren’t even snapshots
in frames on your desks –
strictly business, strictly BS.
So, it seems
so old,
so cold,
so closed in the Kodak margins,
you are alone.
Grim, truthful poem, Lee. Well done.