Destination: Big City We Are Hiring Big

Bonus Opportunity Land of infinite freedom

Wrings eternal economic expansion for

All is Temporary

Help: call today, work tomorrow

timeSheet hours neatly stacked reams of cubicles clocks calendars

these glass catacombs

singular focus Work is 90% Showing Up (less lunchtime)

duty trudging downward into subway's bulging longSnake emerges into

overcast damp every wristWatches

goodBye punchTicket nameless warm body thrills to the chill

estranged breezes dissonant winds

punctuate severe concrete crookedCornered endless asphalt streets

whose coldest cheeks mudStained message greets

typewritten trenchcoat walking workers

quickly clicking

boots umbrellas briefcase dreary newsprint halfhearted accessories to

yet another dollar stretched thinnest to encircle this Bountiful Table

Big City huddled wretched sleepy inside my

tiny and straightLine thin

life

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~Faye Manning

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