Severance

by Mae Grey · 24/02/2026
Published 24/02/2026 17:04

The bus stop is the wrong side of the glass.

They go through the revolving doors

at nine, in shirts that haven’t wrinkled.

I still have the badge in my wallet.


It’s a dead piece of plastic.

The box on the passenger seat

holds a stapler and a dry cactus.

The building doesn’t lean.

#corporate alienation #identity loss #isolation #routine monotony

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