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Midweek Recitation

the class
   of summer fifty five
left to ply
   their business lives

the office     partners just two
pens   pencils nearly-new

clerking the lowest
                of the low
daily drudgery
  reality soon shone thru'
down the cellar
    my steps did wend
scuttle filled   fires to tend
the 'old man ' yelling
      'ere lad  chop chop
get me baccy
   from t'corner shop

wait-on
 tea-break brews'
                        in a stew
bellow the back-office crew
one more task
       to get done
   for the partner's son
another errand     no time to chat 
  he'd forgotten the fish
          for his wife's cat
then
    the switchboard clicked
           the doorbell chimed
skills to learn  juggle  prioritise
        which to choose   to attend
mail in the tray
            still to send

whew!
    nearly five  knock-off time
in view
    just one task  still to do
fetch the 'boss's evening  news

  was this really
           the career    to choose
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