Chris Roberts-Antieau © 2008 All Rights Reserved
Chris Roberts-Antieau © 2008 All Rights Reserved
Eavesdropping
He’s accepted the position. Do
whatever you want. A bonus
of 20 percent. I said, “You’re
right. She has no clue.” I’ll tell you
the whole story sometime. It should
be worth it. You will anyway,
won’t you? I’ll make sure he’s called once
the internal announcement is
made. Because time frames. Don’t take out
the trash. Take your wife to dinner
and do something fun. I’ll let you
know before you prepare any
communications. Bless you. That’s
fine. Go ahead. I will do some
work for you for relocation.
Bless you. Do you remember the
story? Do you understand it’s
less money? At his mercy on
that one. That’s exactly right. I
was able to address. And if
it’s raining still. See what I can
get out of those guys. She said it’s
raining good. I don’t know what to
expect. I only need to see
your Dayton boarding pass. I don’t
care where you are going after.
Robert Lee Brewer is the editor of Writer’s Market and sole contributor to the Poetic Asides blog at http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides. His poetry has been published in several print and online journals, including MEAT, Words Dance, Otoliths, and MiPOesias (Cafe Cafe Edition). He enjoys listening to others speak.