You set two alarms before you sleep, the first at two and the other at four
You sleep in business clothes and a cup of water
You have online interviews whose time zones depend on the first world clock
There is no local industry interested in poor undergraduate failures like you
You Live through customer service calls with yakubian devils
Your academic worth could not pull its weight and you have been looking for a job for six months
The closest you've gotten is as a beauty assistant thank goodness for your face and sexual harrassment
You have barely slept and its only a matter of time until the construction noise begins
They are expanding your complex and in five years your rent will raise higher than you will ever earn in ten years
The farmers you have come to know have been displaced and you have to commute to the local market
This too is under risk of a renovation plan in the guise of modernity but the scent will always smell like profit
Nothing you remember from your home stands still unless it is six feet under the ground
Your comrade has died in the mountains
You remember his poetry in the prestigious university writers workshop, the same one that has failed writers like you
You remember the expensive bookstore rejecting your application (you could have sworn you were overqualified but you do not smile enough)
Comfort yourself; That awful bookstore and its white tourist clientele who will tip you half or your bi-monthly pay
Your head hurts and it is already six AM
You hear metal and the sound of drilling by eight AM
You have to orient the new members in the afternoon on what not to say so they do not get killed
You fall asleep and know you will wake up sore and tired
You do the necessary functions , eat and breathe
Clean the floor after breakfast so something will still shine
Look through your job applications and your thesis you were once so proud of
Did you think it would change the world?
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