{"id":96541,"date":"2021-06-26T20:33:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T00:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=96541"},"modified":"2021-07-08T01:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T05:07:10","slug":"cubicles-hour-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/cubicles-hour-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubicles – hour 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those cubicles down on highway six<\/p>\n

how do those people fit?<\/p>\n

The doors are oblong<\/p>\n

surrounded by<\/p>\n

four-foot cubes of concrete split.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Picasso, I thought<\/p>\n

had inspired this lot.<\/p>\n

No door on one –<\/p>\n

how shall they come home?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Inside, imagine there,<\/p>\n

cubes every which where.<\/p>\n

Even what\u2019s circular,<\/p>\n

is the form of a square –<\/p>\n

even the glasses<\/p>\n

and crooked rocking chairs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Just a wee bit of light<\/p>\n

from small rhombi, not bright.<\/p>\n

The chandeliers – they\u2019re diamonds<\/p>\n

no ovals in sight.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Even the outlets<\/p>\n

look like robots not faces,<\/p>\n

and shoes with no laces<\/p>\n

with Velcro and heels<\/p>\n

all 90-degree angles.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Living here,<\/p>\n

you\u2019d surely fear<\/p>\n

children born with<\/p>\n

Pikachu ears.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All words in CAPS locked<\/p>\n

in each book and magazine<\/p>\n

stacked,\u00a0blocked<\/p>\n

and every word is shouted<\/p>\n

even the whispering.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Never could live there<\/p>\n

or I\u2019d find myself mumbling, scared<\/p>\n

inside cell with square pads<\/p>\n

in a straight jacket plaid.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

– Sandra Johnson, 6\/26\/21<\/p>\n

(from photo prompt – \u00a0hour 7)<\/p>\n

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