Shutting Up: Day One:
Neighborhood streets still unplowed,
no one was at work
but me. Tomorrow,
needed talk then shutting up.
Departments toggle,
freeze-dry staff lounges,
lunches eaten secretly,
mute's osmosis words
-weather, helmetball
team, how bout that weird weather? -
fuck me. This shut up
before they make me?
Result: Day Two: Shutting Up:
No one will notice.
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3rd line, 4th stanza = embalm changed to fuck me.
1st line, 3rd stanza = freeze-dried changed to freeze-dry moved to front of line
2nd line, 2nd stanza = talk as needed then shut up changed to needed talk then shutting up.
Colon added to title.
