Of the dozen applications
filled out
of the hundred and eight questions
filled in
Not one was worth bothering-
why I was seeking the job
to start with?
To earn money
and all the comforts
and inconveniences
that come with it?
Of course.
To while away days
staring at screens meaningless
and faces perfunctory?
Why not.
To fill the time between poems,
ensuring life has tedium
enough to keep the verses alive
and rhyme worth chasing?
Precisely.
Precisely, why I bother
to tie a tie and
eat breakfast while I drive-
to embrace my daily dose
of nine-to-five
Lest I lose the worth of
five-to-nine
and let verses moan
under the stack of timesheets
Making a career
out of enduring
livelihood
for life
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