kevin told me he was going to quit his job today
i sit beside him at a temp job
in a cramped cubicle
the whole thing is terrible
i fail at my little temp job
all day long
he lost his phone three days ago,
the new kid from new york
told him he should just call his carrier
and buy insurance, then wait a few days
and report the phone as lost or stolen
to get a replacement
kevin was not willing to do that
i never bothered to follow up
and ask if he had found his phone
i'm not sure what he will do with all
his time on no income
he is an extravert who likes to go out
a few months ago
i gave kevin a forceful
and impassioned lecture
about how no one should be
treated like shit at their jobs
and thats why i had quit mine
then kevin said he wished he had a fuck you fund
i told kevin to save his money
kevin told me that was in debt because
there was this girl in this band
and he spent a lot of money on uber and lyft
and going out drinking
i wasn't sure if there were additonal purchases in that story
about the girl and the debt
i hope i didn't inspire him to quit his job
with no back up plans
he said he was tired of waiting around for things to get better
he really loves the music of the nineties
he said it was the best time to grow up
he is into third eye blind, the gin blossoms,
breeders and some other singers of songs
that were just songs i listened to on the radio
waiting for another song to come on
who will i talk to now
sometimes, when i'm not persauding people
to quit their jobs, i watch shows about prison,
people who end up in prison for murder, accomplice,
arson, rape, embezzlement, other
just so i can feel a little relieved
i'm not like them
at least it's not prison,
all the going too far in the world
never keeping from going too far