Walk In Closet
The chatter ebbs and flows
throughout the day,
Hindi, Vietnamese and
Quichean-
Mamean mainly, with a
smattering of
English, old muttering
Chippewa boots,
pockets of cottony conversation
overlap along sectarian
lines,
insularity bred of
prevailing
organizational contingencies,
a caste system, shirts on
top, pants below,
shoes occupying an
outlying nook,
untouchable Gemini’s,
words of
serene acceptance on their
tongues, coded
rhythmic work songs, soulful
spirituals sung
soft and low, even the chinos,
if you
can believe it, picking up
the tune, hung,
helpless, humming along
despite themselves.
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