This Typewriter Rodeo poem gives three perspectives on one nearly universal question — is it Friday yet?
Is it Friday yet?
turns out there’s only so many ways
to describe an appliance
here I am writing about
toasters and turns out
i’m all out of ideas
e-commerce is all about the pictures
anyway
& maybe the specs
why must i wax poetic
about stainless steel
Is it Friday yet?
I spilled coffee
into my bra
and I lost my only working pen
I can’t get zoom to update
And my inbox won’t get below ten
I don’t have any answers
All I have are gripes and whines
It needs to please be Friday
So I can trade my whine for wine
Is it Friday yet?
4_ days until grace
the countdown begins monday
3_ more midday scrummeetings
before my foot’s out the door
2_ to the too many wednesday meetings
jam packed back to back
1_ intense conversation on slack
about deadlines off track
0_ days left, i’m no longer pressed
it’s friday, it’s my away message
tip toeing out of the drafts
we can begin the weekend
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