Poem 360

Private boxes was a post office gulag for the least able and personable … I was there because I wanted to do theatre and the hours suited … it bore certain similarities to going down into a mine …

Private Boxes

The new girl said she thinks
the work is boring

she said I hate it down here
underground all day
I used to be flat out on the counter
where I was before

I said
            after a while
you don't think it's boring
because after a while you don't
think

          I could see she hoped
          she'd never be
          that good