Long week brings bad formatting.
Linda. The wasp thin women at work
who choked on a chicken bone Tuesday
[thank heavens for Christine's First Aid training]
and made me feel not 21 when she asked if I was married
[because you know what work is, said mum]
put the box away and grinned
'you don't have to worry about
doing this for the rest of your life'
I felt the light seep through my bare feet
The other ladies says she is difficult, moody
perhaps, unmarried, perhaps without children
but there is something awfully nice in her eyes
when we speak in hushed tones over her desk
I am compelled to stand when she comes into my office
to say, this pasty creature is all right
chilli, cigarettes and varicose veins
that's how it's going down
who choked on a chicken bone Tuesday
[thank heavens for Christine's First Aid training]
and made me feel not 21 when she asked if I was married
[because you know what work is, said mum]
put the box away and grinned
'you don't have to worry about
doing this for the rest of your life'
I felt the light seep through my bare feet
The other ladies says she is difficult, moody
perhaps, unmarried, perhaps without children
but there is something awfully nice in her eyes
when we speak in hushed tones over her desk
I am compelled to stand when she comes into my office
to say, this pasty creature is all right
chilli, cigarettes and varicose veins
that's how it's going down