Careers

Neckties to work, nooses to work A company car is a cold, hollow perk Death in a cubicle, the confines of white Cold coffee, keyboards, and fluorescent lights Watercooler romances, lunch breaks at noon Midlife crises come ten years too soon The numbers don’t fit, thus an overtime shift Late nights with the janitor’s music, electric guitar riffs Week in and out, 24/7, 9-5 Two fingers to the throat, check the pulse, still alive Young girl, new intern, her eyes still alight Being with her made this place feel so right But she doesn’t work here anymore She’s just a vacant 3 by 4 And if you’re lucky, they fill her place An unsettling stand-in for her face And you can’t stand it anymore Throwing yourself from the 7th floor Nooses to work, neckties in coffins Your family never visits nearly as often When you were young, you knew you’d be famous Help me out now, remind me what your name was?