I forge on with this drabble-thon and the letter F!
Famine
This place is a wasteland.
It’s the type of environment that makes your brain shut down just to get
you through the day.
There are worse places, of course. I have food.
Shelter. Money. My physical needs are met thanks to this soul
crushing machine that I call a job.
The desk reeks of disinfectant. The computer screen glares harshly back at
me. My chair wobbles, keeping me off
balance. The data I have to input into
the system is utterly unremarkable. All
the figures look the same.
There is a famine of ideas.
Of inspiration. I desperately
crave imagination.
Thankfully, I've never been in that situation, since you capture it very well and it makes me depressed.
ReplyDeleteSophie
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It's amazing how you can pack so much power into so few words!
ReplyDeleteInteresting interpretation of Famine. Love that your posts are all bite-sized :) Happy A to Zing!
ReplyDeleteAmelia (wordsfromsonobe.wordpress.com)
I like your choice of topic and how you interpreted it. Very different from the way most people would go. I'm glad I don't have a job like that.
ReplyDeleteTasha
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That sounds like an awful rut...
ReplyDeleteAh, cubicle land. It takes a powerful life outside to keep going back in there and not completely lose yourself within a year. Like others said, I like your more metaphorical approach to what is "famine."
ReplyDeleteLaurel
Laurel's Leaves
Data entry can indeed strip your mind of ideas, giving rise to the image of famine. Haven't done that in a while, but the experience is easy enough to recall, especially thanks to your apt description. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Elizabeth
PS: Visiting from the A to Z sign up list.
This post is a mirror of our weather here today (VA)...overcast, gray, and rainy out :( I hope something unexpectedly exciting happens for you today to get you out of those cubicle blues!
ReplyDeleteNice interpretation. I've been there, I worked as an assistant telemarketer for a summer. I hated it.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written and perfectly personifies how I feel sometimes!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog
ReplyDeleteGreat metaphor. What a beautiful way to relay a message. I just joined as follower to your blog through the great and wonderful A to Z!
ReplyDeleteDeb@ http://debioneille.blogspot.com
Man do I ever know this kind of famine!
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Timothy S. Brannan
The Other Side, April Blog Challenge: The A to Z of Witches
The Apocalypse and one of the horsemen....am I right? We all are starving..........
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
ReplyDelete#theawsomedish
You are so creative! I like this one too!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully written....I can picture myself sitting there, going through the same thoughts.
ReplyDeleteDonna B. McNicol
A to Z Participant
I guess there are a lot of different kinds of famine.
ReplyDeleteI love this post, and completely understand it. It took me years of soul crushing pain to get to the point where I could quit my day job!
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