Desk Worn

You know it's been a long day when
the words start blurring on your screen,
when lizards begin to make sense,
when the phone rings and you throw
it against a wall because it's been all meetings
all day, every hour, every minute,
when a 4:30 run makes sense in summer
humidity, when 1.5 divided by 2
becomes 2/3 instead of 3/4.

You know it's a Wednesday when
you're glad Monday's over
but Friday won't come faster
and it's not a pay week,
when everyone wants to talk to you
or have you on their conference call.

You know it's time to call today quits
when there's no energy to dance.