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By Emmanuel Williams

September 6, 2026

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I am tired

I am stuck

I am alone

I am fucked

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I am you

You are me

Here we are

Eternity

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Football comes

But once a year

Work will come

‘twixt our disease

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Punch the keys

Press the button

Serve their needs

All of a sudden

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Fuck off,

Dear customers!

Fuck off,

Dearest guests!

I am the captain of this ship,

Show some goddamn respect!

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The petty functionary

With the bulletproof vest

Gets paid amidst all

Appreciation, neglect

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Can you hear me

I am desk

Hear me roar

Hear me rest

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All day I stink the door

‘midst the task you protest, lest

I serve my boss, not you

So fuck you and go away, ok

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I do my very best

Through the jest

Through madness

You’re my test

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‘til  tomorrow

At my breast

Doth my lover

Then rest

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Til after

You pervade me,

My soul 

My job

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Until sweet death

Detaches this desk

Until you die

It’s you or I…

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