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Joseph Rice
Poems
Jan 2020
Collar's Color
Cigarettes and bleach
Scents both clashing and fitting.
When life's continuance
Is the cleaning of
Public spaces
When wages wilt
The satisfaction
Of a job well done
Why wouldn't you
Ruin your lungs
A slow death made faster
A tortured life made shorter.
Wrote this at a cafe when I reflected on the recoil I felt as the janitor did his job.
Written by
Joseph Rice
32/M/Virginia
(32/M/Virginia)
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