Harsh fluorescent
Slits
Through the blather
Punitive in its insistence to go on and go on, on, on, on.
In small talk—caught—like
Fireflies in jars.
Light up.
Necessity required by unflinching protocol.
Polite questions
How was your day?
Chop into thoughts
Finish the paper?
Worth having.
If you mumble off a rehearsed script,
Perhaps they’ll applaud your performance.
Miniature minds making minute motions,
Moving minuscule matters
Nowhere.
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