People I met through work
The solicitor who hired me without giving me a typing test
The officer in charge who employed me after the typing test
saying, I could only get better
His secretary who swung her legs and high heels from his desk
The girl who left work eight months pregnant and thought we couldn’t tell
The stockmen who hid seven leverets in my office
and then thought a dead snake in a paper bag might be fun
The accountant who saved me from a pack of farm dogs
when we went to tell a labourer’s wife her husband was in hospital
The elderly woman who kept driving shoes in her car
The young lad who pulled his false eye out in a frenzy
after running over his foot with the lawn mower
The men full of alcohol and sexual innuendos who laughed,
elbowing each other as they chose day old chicks
The Headmaster who was wary of meditation
even though he taught philosophy
The shifty Vice Principal who liked the ladies and bolted his office door
His colleague who pulled her top up to show us her new bra
The old lady with no formal education
who made the hierarchy dance to her tune
The Principal who gave a bad reference to keep a prominent staff member
The supplies officer whose children had left home
and was nervous about going on a holiday with just her husband
The intelligent Headmistress with great morals and integrity
who died in the face of unwanted change
The young school boy who visited reception every lunch time
because he had no friends
The gardener who took things slowly because he wasn’t paid enough
- Jean Bohuslav 2019
Jean enjoys meeting up with the Torquay
(Victoria Australia) creative writing group each week and is interested in the
philosophy of mindfulness.
1 comment:
Fantastic Jean, don't stop now
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