don't stare
not at all
in any direction
she happens to be in
not even with my blind eye
I grip my pen and
keep it poised on a
pad
in which I have written nothing
and do not intend to
aware she is across from me
at the table
looking at me and
daring me to look
back
and I don't dare
the whole office is one bit minefield
a wrong step and my life will explode
don't stare don't stare
even when she speaks
it won't be at me
I am an invisible Man
I no longer exist
I occupy space the
way
a rock might
unmoving, unmovable
not even organic
don't stare
don't take the cheese
that get sets off the trap
just sit wait go back
to the to the hole in the wall
where I am expected
to reside
this one day per week
but not here safe
only as long as I do
what I'm told
don't stare
don't even blink
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