‘What? if anything
did you miss about
not being at work
during your 2 weeks
annual leave?’
‘The use of the
company printer’
I answer honestly
‘and nothing else’
I add
‘Are you sure?’
I’m asked
‘Yeah; I’m as sure
as Hemingway was
the very moment he
pulled the trigger’
he shook his head,
frowning and then
finished the routine
with
‘Welcome back’.
John D Robinson is a published poet; ‘When You Hear The Bell, There’s Nowhere To Hide’ (Holy&intoxicated Publications 2016) Cowboy Hats & Railways’ (Scars Publications 2016); a contributor to the 2016 48th Street Press Broadside Series; his work appears widely in the small press and online literary online journals including Rusty Truck; Red Fez; Outlaw Poetry; Degenerate Literature; Haggard & Halloo; Beatnik Cowboy; Boyslut; Anti Heroin Chic; In Between Hangovers; Your One Phone Call; he is married and lives in the UK with his wife a dog 3 cats and copious amounts of wine.
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