[ WP ] Counting the seconds

Scan the barcode and place the item in the correct bin. Scan the barcode and place the item in the correct bin. 
 
 
 I do this until 5 in the morning. Six days a week. Ten hours a day. I haven ’ t seen the sun this month. I ’ m a busy little vampire. 3 hours left in the shift and all I have to look forward to is a smoke break in the crowded commons area outside. We ’ re packed into the fenced enclosure and quietly watch as the moths commit suicide against the lights. Do moths get lung cancer? I wish I were a moth. 
 
 
 
 Maybe I ’ ll ask that fat girl in the shipping office if she wants to get lunch on Sunday. We could settle for each other and raise fat kids in a Section 8 house on the rough side of the city. Then we ’ ll both wish we were moths. 
 
 
 
 There ’ s no time to think about that now. Here comes the boss. Work harder not smarter and you too can have a smarmy grin. Try that smile out. Look happy. Be busy. Scan the barcode and place the item in the correct bin. 

