Hopeless Romantic for Work

A poem

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Southern, Woman
Abused and Smothered

You can’t do this, you can’t do that
Blocked

Generation X, Millennial
Invisible and Undesirable

You don’t know how to do this, you don’t know how to do that
Blocked

Ill, Tired
Ill and Tired

I want to do this, I want to do that
Blocked

Employee, Employer
Unappreciated and Underpaid

You need to do this, you need to do that
Blocked

Old and tired
Expired and It’s too late

I should have done this, I should have done that
Blocked

Even if all of my wildest dreams came true
It’s too late, I’m too exhausted to enjoy them
Blocked and joyless

Yet, I still want work, to work
Hopeless Romantic for Work