Friday, September 13, 2024

the gifts she got June 24, 2012

 



I don’t know if it is the audacity 

of my texting her yesterday

 to ask about the raise

 or my asking about the raise itself 

that caused her to glare at me at the office

 her dark stare full of questions 

as to what I might know 

(when I know almost nothing),

 accidently pushing the panic button in her

 when I ought to be scared to death

 for what she might do if I do not behave 

when it is our (soon to be) former temporary boss

 who brought up the subject with me, 

unwittingly mocking the owner

 for being too cheap to appreciate

 the best writer on our staff, 

and pay (her) what she deserves, 

and what it may take to keep her, 

while I wonder at “the gifts” she got: 

iPad, guitar and such 

and wonder at the generosity

 someone has shown her,

 truly appreciating her worth after all.


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