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8 o'clock

Oh, what I’d give to stay in bed today.

I feel my work is so repetitive.

The machine has nothing but great to say.

You’d think that checks would be competitive.

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But as the days blur, they go on and on,

And as fluorescents flicker on and off,

The numbers on the stub feel like a con

I begin to feel like a pig at trough.

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It seems like every morning I cannot

Relate to the cubicle next to me.

The old man’s money that they might have got

The worth of which how can I think to see?

I might believe the worth of which they’ve said

But just to see I’ve got to leave this bed.

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Posted Jan 28, 2022, 5:14 AM UTC

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