11-08-2023, 04:49 AM
Days stack into months
and overflow into years
like the sheafs of paperwork
on his desk, dogeared
and earmarked with long hours
of labor. He shudders at the oft-thrown
comment about a laptop
to house his files, with its new fangled
features and vulgar price tag.
His retirement fund saw a glacial
expanse over years of measly paychecks,
wiping grime from his hot, freckled cheeks
and icing his callused hands.
His limbs were lithe and cased
his bones in strong skin and sure spirit.
His eyes gleamed with rebellion.
He scoffs at the young -uns
with their soft, lumpy flesh
hunched over their desks,
bleeding their rage into tweets.
Choices dance at their fingertips,
of jobs, cars, lovers, genders....
He clutches a memory of his late wife
in his tattered wallet, big blonde hair
and gap-toothed smile---his one true love
post a montage of forgotten romances.
He glimpses a sign as he rubs tincture
into a deep wound---it reads, "paper cuts hurt,
work safely."
and overflow into years
like the sheafs of paperwork
on his desk, dogeared
and earmarked with long hours
of labor. He shudders at the oft-thrown
comment about a laptop
to house his files, with its new fangled
features and vulgar price tag.
His retirement fund saw a glacial
expanse over years of measly paychecks,
wiping grime from his hot, freckled cheeks
and icing his callused hands.
His limbs were lithe and cased
his bones in strong skin and sure spirit.
His eyes gleamed with rebellion.
He scoffs at the young -uns
with their soft, lumpy flesh
hunched over their desks,
bleeding their rage into tweets.
Choices dance at their fingertips,
of jobs, cars, lovers, genders....
He clutches a memory of his late wife
in his tattered wallet, big blonde hair
and gap-toothed smile---his one true love
post a montage of forgotten romances.
He glimpses a sign as he rubs tincture
into a deep wound---it reads, "paper cuts hurt,
work safely."