Wednesday, June 5, 2024

This is her space June 26, 2012

 



I keep my back to her as I talk

with the others in the office,

She stirring behind me,

and the rustle of paper,

the sound of annoyance

frustration

I have invaded her space

I’m Harry Potter

With my cubby hole

Beneath the stairs

And have no place

On this floor

And she knows it

Nobody owns this world

But she may own

The people who

Occupy it,

Painful to me

To watch her

Flirt with others

While she ignores me.

I try not to look at her,

Feeling her annoyance grow

Until the stirring ceases

and she marches passed me,

 pad and pen in hand

going to get her lesson

 from the temporary boss,

I ache at her passing.


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