the short lived office job

we drank

a lot of coffee in the office.

we talked

about the games

we watched on tv

over the weekend.

we probably

worked

two hours out of the day,

less for me.

i used the stairwell to arrive

late,

and leave early.

the rest of the day was

jibber jabber.

deciding where we would

eat lunch,

where we'd go to

happy hour,

whose birthday was it

today.

a conversation

about the weather

could drag on for an hour,

or a new tie.

i kept a supply of snacks

in my desk,

so i was popular

in the office.

leader of the pack.

i organized

volleyball on Wednesdays,

nap time at three,

and was always helpful

to show the new leggy secretary

her way around

the building.

it was inevitable that they

would show me

the door at some point,

escorted out of the office

by an armed

security guard.