{"id":207,"date":"2020-04-22T23:41:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T04:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegergen.com\/wp-home\/?p=207"},"modified":"2020-04-22T23:41:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T04:41:45","slug":"cube-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegergen.com\/wp-home\/blog\/cube-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Cube Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unused boxes in an empty office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The executives huddled in the corner office together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting rooms are all booked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sherriff\u2019s car parked out front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whispers and mutterings of the early birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of coffee in the break room.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it is your turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The call from the boss for an unscheduled meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cCome down to my office for a minute.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Footsteps unwieldy as you comply,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heart racing nearly as fast as your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gallows humor amongst those not called,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">accompanies stares and sympathetic looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dead Man Walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former co-workers paying last respects to the chosen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breath you let out,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that you didn\u2019t know you held in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closing the cardboard lid on another office,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">summed up neatly in an entry on a resum\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real anxiety waits until you\u2019ve left,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to ambush you at home in the middle of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your routine was shattered,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when you find yourself buying milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the store on a Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unused boxes in an empty office. The executives huddled in the corner office together. The meeting rooms are all booked. The Sherriff\u2019s car parked out front. The whispers and mutterings of the early birds. The lack of coffee in the break room. Then it is your turn. 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