27 Oct 2009, 8:35am
Writing
by David


Dear Career Opportunity,

Sick therapy foremost hindsight.
     Temporary. Foreigner.
     (I want you so bad.)
I had some money invested there
     that I lost in the great crater–
ocean. The ocean will soon rise
     to swallow us all.
     Though I don’t see my face
     right in the light of others,
I belong to this horrible
     middle class / swarm.
     No doubt I’ll never understand
     why America hates itself so.
We could have been so much happier
     being broke, but instead
     the work ethic sinks us. Oh god.
But otherwise it’s not so bad.
     Some people in my neighborhood
     had a pig in their backyard
this weekend. Pigs grunt. This one
     was so black it died
     without anyone noticing.
I don’t mean that as a racial
     commentary or anything,
     it’s just the truth of it.
Just tell me when / the next job offer
     comes in from Bangalore.
I don’t want to be asleep
     on the couch when it does.

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