are a job
where I work
at a place
where I can get killed
and I do
get killed
about once
a month,
by drowning,
typically,
the water
pouring
into my cubicle
or whatever box
they have me in,
whatever term
they have
for the current box,
and when I was in jail
I remember the thousand
boogers
on one of the walls,
the man,
no,
boy,
no,
child
next to me
screaming
over and over,
Get me out
of here!
and the more
he screamed
the more
I knew
he would be staying
perhaps
forever