Jesse Rowe Poet Terza Rima

Inside a Cubicle

We work inside a cubicle. 
Our faces bathed in bluish glow
Like corpses at a funeral, 

But if we're dead we don't yet know. 
Instead we numbly press on keys
Within our lidless coffin row.

Complacency is our disease
For nothing changes day to day;
A truth a habit guarantees. 

Yet soon this herd with faces gray, 
These mindless, faceless, zombie-men,
Will shuffle off each on their way

To find our peace, some rest, but then
Once more at eight we'll rise again.

4 25 2019
Quirky Tercets Contest

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Edward Ibeh May 13, 2019 at 4:57 PM Ah, this is brilliant, Jesse:-) Faved! And believe me it's tough for me to love a poem enough to fav it. Congrats on your win! Jesse Rowe May 13, 2019 at 10:42 PM Wow, thank you. I'm glad to see this poem be so well received.

Gershon Wolf May 7, 2019 at 6:51 PM Was this POTD? --It should have been. You have succinctly summed up the alienation of modern man! Bravo! A FAVE for me Best wishes, Gershon Jesse Rowe May 13, 2019 at 10:41 PM Thank you for your kind words and fav.

John Lawless May 4, 2019 at 7:32 AM ...just shut up and stay in line.....Great job on this Jesse.....thank's for the chuckle... Jesse Rowe May 6, 2019 at 11:12 PM Have to file those TPS reports.

CayCay Godwin May 4, 2019 at 2:09 AM Oh, man, I wish I'd thought of this. I was in that cubby world, I relate, yet didn't pull out the idea. BUT you did, with creative wit delivered in perfect paced bits. You took me inside my gray clothed wall-world! I must fav and worse I must attempt this topic for my own therapy because you've excited my muse and she's already insisting. Love it. Congrats. CayCay Jesse Rowe May 6, 2019 at 11:11 PM That's not worse. All the better to know I've inspired others. Thank you for your thoughtful comment.

Briauna Brown May 3, 2019 at 9:39 PM Congratulations on your winning poem! I loved reading every line! XOXO - Briauna Jesse Rowe May 6, 2019 at 11:09 PM Thank you, Briauna.

Juliet Ligon May 3, 2019 at 2:22 PM LOL. How clever! Jesse Rowe May 6, 2019 at 11:07 PM Thank you.

P.S. Awtry May 3, 2019 at 9:08 AM Back with congratulations! Jesse Rowe May 6, 2019 at 11:02 PM Thank you for the read and comment.

P.S. Awtry April 28, 2019 at 6:38 AM "But if we're dead we don't yet know" That line got me! Enjoyed!

Michelle Faulkner April 25, 2019 at 7:14 PM This made me think of that movie 'Office Space' - if it had zombies! Great poem, best of luck in Nina's contest! Jesse Rowe April 25, 2019 at 7:36 PM So funny. I was also thinking of that movie, but the rhymes took me in a different direction. Thanks for the comment.