Nobody
Nobody
When the memos stopped arriving
He began to suspect he was nobody,
An inconvenience for his credit score.
On the third day,
He was certain that he had become
Unnoticeable,
And forgotten.
He thought about going to HR,
But if he had become nobody,
Or at least unnoticeable,
They might close his files and
Take him off payroll.
Also inconvenient for credit scoring…
On the elevator,
They didn’t speak to him,
He did not remember if they ever had –
Maybe he had always been
Nobody.
That might explain his
Lack of advancement.
Because he was unnoticeable and
Not anybody.
On the way home he realized that
If he was nobody,
He could probably do anything
And get away with it.
He bought a gun.
It was easy.
He was nobody
And had no priors.
He went to a liquor store.
The shopkeeper ducked.
He had no bullets.
They don’t sell those
To just anybody.
The camera didn’t know he was nobody,
And the police didn’t either.
When he explained,
The arresting officer was not amused.
Back at work,
The IT department fixed the glitch.
At the monthly meeting
The complained they had been informed of it
By nobody.
If only…
Cliff Lake 7/30/2024
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