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afternoon

By poetessdreams

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mentally physically at a job, swollen eyes look deeply in a mirror at a wounded soul, never was she a beauty but she had a job working endless days endless nights at-- got it right after college she did her job, well new boss, new rules now play by his books and he'll be good to you but she was never given a chance today she lost her job note on desk after meeting with reasons why she was incompetent of handling her job fresh faces neededto vitalize a company that she helped create work day ends going home she lights a cigarette puffs twice, then she throws it to the ground she carried her spider plants home cardboard boxes filled with eight years of work a picture of her at the office...smiling tumbles to the ground cars pass by home perspiration pours out of her body how will she pay her car note how will she eat she runs bath water to the drain bending over tears roll down her swollen eyes onto her cocoa brown cheeks razor sits under magazine she picks it up bath water runs over in a bath tub slit wrist lay her head tilted to over~ Written November 22nd, 2001 © on Nov 22 2001 01:44 PM PST   0 • 1

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"mentally physically at a job, swollen eyes look deeply in a mirror at a wounded soul, never was she a beauty but she had a job working endless days endless nights at-- got it right after college she did her job, well new boss, new rules now play by his books and he'll be good to you but she was never given a chance today she lost her job note on desk after meeting with reasons why she was incompetent of handling her job fresh faces neededto vitalize a company that she helped create work day ends going home she lights a cigarette puffs twice, then she throws it to the ground she carried her spider plants home cardboard boxes filled with eight years of work a picture of her at the office...smiling tumbles to the ground cars pass by home perspiration pours out of her body how will she pay her car note how will she eat she runs bath water to the drain bending over tears roll down her swollen eyes onto her cocoa brown cheeks razor sits under magazine she picks it up bath water runs over in a bath tub slit wrist lay her head tilted to over~..."

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