A few weeks ago, I could feel
Now there's no time
My grief is just a problem to be flicked away
like fuzz on a clean work table
out of place
Who cares about your humanity at work?
Work as an end in itself
As proof of being
When I slow it down I see strange things
Confusion that is never clarified
Wanderers through the daylight responding
to fantasies
Take a moment and breathe
Feel that you already are
There are many things to do
Not much time to be
How did it get this way?
Facetime Facebook happy meetings
feigning enthusiasm for strangers who
are only curiousities
who I don't know and yet spend hours a day with
How did we get this way?
We all have our lives, tucked away, unimportant
As we plow through what is thought of as worthwhile
And I feel like a hamster on a treadmill
Running ever faster
Returning again and again for more
of nowhere
Aug 26, 2012
Aug 26, 2012 at 10:29 PM UTC
A few weeks ago, I could feel
Now there's no time
My grief is just a problem to be flicked away
like fuzz on a clean work table
out of place
Who cares about your humanity at work?
Work as an end in itself
As proof of being
When I slow it down I see strange things
Confusion that is never clarified
Wanderers through the daylight responding
to fantasies
Take a moment and breathe
Feel that you already are
There are many things to do
Not much time to be
How did it get this way?
Facetime Facebook happy meetings
feigning enthusiasm for strangers who
are only curiousities
who I don't know and yet spend hours a day with
How did we get this way?
We all have our lives, tucked away, unimportant
As we plow through what is thought of as worthwhile
And I feel like a hamster on a treadmill
Running ever faster
Returning again and again for more
of nowhere
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