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Deadlines amongst Movement

David Hernandez

The clock strikes eleven,
the document on the screen
waits for words from the writer
but the computer shifts to black,
the writer lacking a dictionary and a thesaurus,
subjects and verbs, complete thoughts,
two to three syllables, letters,
punctuation, numbers, an alphabetic soup.

The document,
watching from the dark,
sees writer filling his ashtray
with cigarette butts and burnt out matches,
music only obstructing his concentration,
his pacing growing faster and faster.
He opens a window to let fresh air in,
that doesn’t stop him
from seeing the moving minutes.

The clock strikes twelve, time for lunch,
a ham, lettuce, and bacon sandwich.
Writer pours coffee from his thermos into a cup.
It’s now colder, from his mouth to his throat.
The document sees the writer return to his desk,
hoping he would present her with words,
only he presses his arms against his head,
close to one,
no words only stress.

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