All the things I would miss

I thought I would miss it

the adrenaline rush (daily)

the pace of the crises multiple

times a day

the conflict, the collaboration

the meetings, hallway talks,

all the ways work happens

I thought I would miss

the routine of the commute

arrival and departure

the occasional journeys,

and talking about the politics

of the politics of the workplace,

the office, the village of cubicles

radiating through pixels

across the planet

As it turns out, I do miss the people,

the ones I worked closest with,

but as for the rest of it,

I don’t miss it at all

Photograph by Paul Brennan via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.