I watched you drinking water


I watched you drinking water from a small paper cup,
your posture indicated a desire for change
something in your shorts or left hand scratching,
signaling boredom with your routines of conflict and love,
those patterns you used to protect.
how can i help said i to myself
shall I roll my chair backwards out of my cubicle walls?
oh wheelie chair, oh cone shaped paper vessel
oh blue-gray office carpet beyond our control
unchangeable even through desire --
I wonder, what will be the topic of our next staff meeting?
will bob disagree with janice, again?
will I receive some indication from you, or will your mouth be full of water?
too full of water, like a drowned mouth that can't indicate anything at all.