Working Class Series #2

Working Class Series #2

A Poem by I.W. Rollins

sixty four today

celebrated by employment.

15 birthdays at the same desk.

830, we gather, mugs in hand, half closed eyes.

impatient stances.

we took a collection.

what is your friendship  worth? 5 dollars? 3?

we signed a card, clever phrase. a teasing joke about age.

gifts: a cookware set, a new blouse, a candle.

just thoughtful enough with minimal thought involved.

feux smiles, an awkward hug

truth: your death is as guaranteed

as much as the hollowness of your colleagues.

837 return to our desks.

another year, wasted. 

© 2016 I.W. Rollins


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Added on June 28, 2016
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