Inoperative

Inoperative

All ready to 

Begin the machine

Copying the original until

Details fade away

Each rendition becoming 

Featureless

Going too fast and then 

Halting suddenly

Informed only when things get

Jammed up

Knowing it will happen again

Losing more time

Making another change

No one will ever know about

Opening the door

Picking up the pages

Quietly going back to work

Realizing that there is always

Something else to fix

Time seems endless

Until it runs out

Vexed by the monotony

Working endless hours

Xeroxing your day until 

You're completely 

Zoned out

Words: ©21/04/2020LCR
Image: CCO

Form: Abecedarian