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Employment
Catherine Ormell
When I am scuffing my good shoes
on the edge of the kerb,
in the discouraging rain and dark,
I can see deep into the post-industrial office building,
and watch workers gliding
between photocopiers.
And though I can’t quite make-out…
they seem to be luxuriant in paper
and carrying earthenware mugs
to tortoiseshell desks.
Particularly, on floor three,
these people look friendly,
they rise above this prosy street.
Four o'clock is plainly a lull.
It can't be so onerous can it?
Or, not as wearying as,
carrying the afternoon about,
your body cupped round it,
protecting its flicker,
protesting its expiry.
Catherine Ormell has had one of her poems shortlisted for the Forward Prize, and has won prizes in the Ware, the National, the Bridport and the Arvon competitions. Her work has also been published in The Spectator, The London Magazine and elsewhere.
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter.
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