Monday, May 5, 2008

hollow people

driving down the street at 7 AM
cursing the traffic trying to get behind the desk before 9 AM
switching on the computer making coffees trying to stay awake in the meeting that lasts until 11 AM
then it's a one-hour lunch break extended to two, browsing the mall looking at discounts buying silly things nobody needs
then it's back to the office, forwarding chain emails to friends and colleagues, the one about the growth of antichrist
another meeting, repeating smart things other people said just to make a contribution
or when feeling adventurous, challenging obvious things just for the sake of looking sharp
when really if there's an Xray to the brain, what is seen would only be ------------------


I despise them, these hollow people
strip them off their corporate fanciness and you have nothing. not a thing.
give me beach bums with their weeds and their stinky dreadlocks anyday.