I have obeyed all the rules and followed all the policies and dotted all the eyes and crossed all the tees. Everything has gone well for me.
I have not spilled coffee on my bosses’ laps, I have not slapped a fellow employee for pissing me off in the breakroom, I have not cursed someone out (customer or otherwise) in person or over the phone, I have not done anything wrong since the very first day I arrived. My record here is spotless, as if the cleaning person cleaned it herself repeatedly for days on end. I have not stapled someone’s hand in anger over a misplaced file, I have not toppled over a cabinet filled with archival records onto someone’s head while they weren’t looking, I have not spat in the face of someone who told me I should go fuck myself, I have not gone and fucked myself when I knew that someone was thinking I should.
Summer is here again, and days of exploring and boredom begin. The earth is our castle and we have just Learned to swim in the moat, The taste of youth on our lips, The marks of restlessness smeared on our faces. No thoughts of the future or past, Living in the now as if it all ends at any moment. Reluctant to change and careless in our endeavors, We swing through the air with feet pointed towards the sky.
Mirages
By Phill Maguire
Mirages often are, I find, Images of a heated mind. Reflections that I sometimes feel Are something slightly more than real. Gaining strength from thirst and drought, Even earth is turned about, Seeing seas where there's just sand
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