if we breathed hard enough, we'd fill a bag and burn with the sun
she’d worked there for twenty five years
and received a digital card for her service
that was filled with mandatory regards
things like
you’ve done well
keep it up
to work so many years with so many people
with so little to say
the modest acknowledgement
which was not optional
would be read at her funeral some day
she’d done well
according to the keystrokes
of people that never knew her