Xeno Hemlock

Author of "I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me" and other books.


Orange Cone

Drink your coffee. Take a shower. Don’t forget your phone.
Brave the traffic. Pay the toll. Avoid the orange cone.
Check your inbox. Eat with co-workers. Then steal a nap.
Take a break. Get your phone. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

Shut down your box and trudge through the worse rush hour.
Return home. Eat dinner. Before bed, you shower.
Don’t be sad. Yes, be glad. You survived, all right.
Page’s a flipping. Congrats on your 30 days and nights.


Header photo by Jimmy Chan.



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