From the collection Use All Your Eyes to See, published 2020. Another blitz poem, my own version of ..

Office and Write

got the job
got the office
office on the third floor
office full of paperwork
paperwork that I love
Paperwork rejuvenating me
me, yes, I am not kidding you
me I am a force of paper-pushing
pushing the files into piles
pushing just-typed letters into
into their envelopes
into the stream of business traffic
traffic into which my work will merge
traffic it will join
join and augment
join and arrive
arrive and with anticipation
arrive and fall silent waiting
waiting for its turn
waiting to meet
meet another link in the chain
meet another one of someone
someone like me
someone who will continue
continue the circuit
continue the very well-kept
well-kept in files kept in boxes
well-kept kept in drawers paperwork
paperwork that feeds the engine
paperwork almost an end unto itself
itself an object of beauty
itself and expression
expression of creation
expression of personality
personality on the page and beyond it
personality the kind that I possess
possess a love for clear-written documents
possess a love for keeping records
records that live on
records that tell the stories
stories of how people spend their days
stories of this year this time
time spent lives lived
time now to pick up my pen
pen in some more numbers
pen in hand I write
write the accounts keep the facts
write my autobiography
Autobiography and portrait within
Facts that are the brushstrokes of my painting.

1/10/19
Blitz