Old timer

 

I count them in and

then I count them out; I am

an ever-present.

 

by Scooj

Late in the office

 

Others have gone home;

shut the door on your way out

I think to myself.

 

by Scooj

Screen shot

 

Bright white stripes disrupt

flat screen technology; sun

peeping through the blinds.

 

by Scooj

State employment

 

Painting by numbers,

a perfunctory living

and passion stifled.

 

by Scooj

Still working

 

Through venetian blinds

a segmented vista calls

out ‘pack up and go’.

 

by Scooj

Free

 

Day off work today

I’m overwhelmed with options;

delicious feeling.

 

by Scooj

Spinning plates

 

Too much on my mind,

balancing priorities;

something needs to give.

 

by Scooj

Wake up from work

 

Blue tits flit about

in branches before me, a

welcome distraction.

 

by Scooj

Time to go home

 

As the lights go out

and colleagues head for their homes

I remain and write.

 

by Scooj

Dinosaur

 

I’m not good at change;

institutionalised and

too set in my ways.

 

by Scooj