Work (CTG)

[Christopher T. George]

Work

The corkscrew tail
of work skewers me,
no wriggling off the hook.

I take my work home,
try to relax,
but it calls me like a siren.

It hangs over my head
like a noose.
I want to shake loose,

can't do it:
the iron hands
of the executioner
hold me close
like a lover.

Christopher T. George

[mat james]

We've all felt this, I suspect.
That is why it pays to have other passionate interests, like phisical activity! To cleanse us of the mud.
I liked your twist in the last verse, CG.
Matj

[Christopher T. George]

Thanks, Mat.

Chris