Fingers hitting keyboards; some rattling and some tapping
Varying tones of ringing followed with pleasantries and laughing
Whispers in the break room and clunking heels down the hall
I am frozen in my seat, trying not to hear at all
The air conditioning’s cycle and the ding-dong of the door
The muffled stomping of the lawyers who are above pacing the floor
The fan inside my laptop and the “received” tone of the fax
Still I am motionless, oblivious to how many minutes I’ve let pass
Complaints about the coffee and loud talkers on the phone
The office slowly shrinking but staffing targets are dead on
What sales are at what stores and grandchildren stories from the women
I vent to fight my rising heart rate as this typing keeps me hidden
