Killing Time
Friday rolls around
I am too excited
My pennies are saved
My outfit’s sorted
Bath and make up, done
Ready for a big night out
One problem
It’s the afternoon
Tick tock,
Tick tock
Hurry the fek up Mr. Clock
You really, truly hate me
'Cause of you I’m late for work
Early for fun
You bore me to hell with your incessant tick tocking
If you had a real face I would…
I’ll have a drink
Chill
Kill some time
Just the one
Lightweight
I sip Whisky
And twiddle my thumbs
Bored on the highest level
Eureka!
I’ll check the Net
Laptop open
Booting up
Logging on
123 ABC
Bingo, I’m in
Surprise
I have three emails
Junk!
Unless I needed to grow my ***** ten more inches
Date a married man
Or join Mob Wars and get one million fake dollars for online poker
Now there’s a bit of competition for you
NOT
Facebook is where it’s at on a Friday afternoon
Isn’t it?
Let me see if there are any interesting status updates
Nope
Unless I care that Trudy is having a nice cup of tea after getting all her ironing done
Wow, Susan planted apple trees on her farm, and took a snapshot (WTF?)
David is with Mark, Kate and Lesley somewhere near Southend
I’m glad I’m thousands of miles away from the weirdoes
Oh, wait a second
I have an invite!
And it’s something to do with food
My profile says I’m a chef
I post tons of pictures of food
Finally something worth opening
Wrong!
Amy has invited me to join Chef World
Now I can work in a virtual kitchen cooking virtual food after spending all day in a real kitchen cooking real food
Idiotic waste of time
I click the link and enter a bright red kitchen
Timers scattered
Pots and pan readied
Bacon eggs, beans and fries to cook
All need coordinating
Timing is crucial
And she’s off
Fries on
123456
Bacon, wait for it
Wait for it
On
123
Toast down
12345
Beans on
123
Toast pops
Burnt
Crap!
Fries burnt
Eggs burnt
Crap
I try again
And again
After 4 hours I’m a virtual pro
The phone rings
‘Kim, I’ll be there in ten, be ready.'
'I'll try.'
You've had all day, what you doing?’
'Murdering time.'
Copyright © Cheryle Sanders | Year Posted 2012
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