“Where’s James?” They ask.
\nEvery day, at least once,
\n“Do you know where James went?”
\nInvades my thought process.<\/p>\n
I sit next to him.
\nJames, that is,
\nIn a cramped space
\nOnce housing dinosaurs.<\/p>\n
Old copy machines
\nGenerating too much heat
\nFor two
\nSide by side vents.<\/p>\n
One directly over my head.
\n“Can you tell James I need him?”<\/p>\n
“Are you kidding me?”\u00a0I think,
\n“Of course,” I smile.
\nI am a woman, after all,<\/p>\n
Sitting in the first desk from the door.<\/p>\n
James, the IT guy,
\nOccupies the back cube.
\nA managerial\u00a0impression
\nThat has me viewed<\/p>\n
As his God Damned Secretary!<\/p>\n
I promptly forget
\nAnd move on with thoughts
\nOf what x and y
\nMax out to in the scheme of things.<\/p>\n
“Have you seen James today?”<\/p>\n
FUUUUUCK!
\nAfter six months here
\nIs it not obvious?
\nI don’t do\u00a0James!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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