the office circa 1985

the longest hour

of the day

was when the minute hand

was climbing

towards

twelve,

eventually making

it five o'clock,

setting us free from our

cubicles.

allowing us to be

unchained from

the drudgery

of the office that

barely paid our bills.

could we get to happy

hour fast enough

in our cheap suits,

and dresses with 

big shoulders, 

our gelled hair?