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A man who sits by me in the office
   -won't shut up.

All day long he is gabbing
about all the trips he has taken,
all the problems he has solved.

On occasion he leaves his desk,
   -not often,
and ends up in the office of a boss
next to my cube prison.
   -Talking.
It is gossip about people they have in common.

He doesn't have a nose.
He tried to blow it off
in a botched suicide attempt,
or so people around me talking have said.
Fuckers.

I went to ask my boss
if I am suppose to get any work done.
She is not at her desk, off to a verbal presentation.
I just sit and stare at the wall.
At least I am not talking.

Mark David Jordan, 2010