Wednesday, February 16, 2022

FIVE O'CLOCK

It begins almost immediately

As warm bodies filter halls

Which last night were void of

All human conveyance. Of

Trite conversations of yesterday's weather,

Of ball scores and dinner plans

Yet to be finalized.

 

Now it begins all over again,

The wishing, the longing to

Be somewhere else.

The nagging complaints about

Time better spent somewhere,

Anywhere else but this vast

Ho hum dump.

 

Time for a break; cut away from the wheel

Which incessantly spins

As the day drags its feet.

Must walk away for a moment or two

Or else throw up hands

In a sign of defeat.

 

Trucking along through

The muck and the mire,

Biding time just like one of the flock.

Secretly waiting for transformation,

The magic which happens

At five o'clock.

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