
They Moved all the Desks in the Office
They moved all the desks in the office
Now I sit opposite Andre
I try not to cough
Too loudly
Because I know I can be annoying.
I make lots of funny noises when I’m at work
I stretch and grumble and eat apples and drink coke
I wouldn’t want to sit next to me.
If you asked an expert
They’d say I work in a cube
That it’s beneath me
That I’m like a bee trapped in a hive
Making honey for the Queen
But I feel protected in my cube
I decorate it with lovely pictures of trees
And it makes me feel safe
Andre is going on holidays
Or maybe he has been fired
And he doesn’t want to tell me
No one knows anything
These days
You never know if you’ll be fired next
But I find
That I’m calm… most days
If they took my cube away
I’d just move to another one
I could
Do a different job
Or be Queen myself one day
But I don’t really care
I don’t feel like trying anymore
I tried once, and I already failed.
Photo by Victor 1558