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Haiku - Work

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fresh-carved turkey meal
on a dish instead of plastic
I sneak it upstairs.

with best intentions
you wake each morning to write
a soulful novel

state of emergency
but not at my company
no snow day for me

why this urgent need
to be the boss's favorite?
it won't make me whole


parking in the snow
coworker sees my bumper sticker
and walks past, scowling

What does it mean when
you ask me what I'll do today
and I can't explain?

Failed to change the world.
Instead, I try to write it.
Does writing change it?

clench in the back
fog in the belly - and still
not finished with work

to say it is work
belies the basic purpose
of our being here


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