David Pishnery

a serious mind-fuck


I'm so tired

I don't even

want to jack-off


this job I've got right now

is mind-numbing

& even though

it's the kind of thing

I want to do

the repetition is killing me


it's like staring

a rattlesnake down

& you fall asleep

from boredom

before it bites you


the people are okay

but they think this is heaven

& come in early

& stay late

even though the

bosses aren't there yet


all this shit for $7.25 an hour

no benefits

no vacation

no days off


so I keep my mouth shut

& head down

willing breaks to come at

ten

twelve

& two

sitting my ass

on the warm concrete

& study clouds drifting

in the humid Lake Erie air

a hawk screeching

from the drudgery

of being free

in the stunted woods

next to the factory


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