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Bitter Worker Bee
So what you got the promotion
So what I sit alone
way in back by the
bathroom, smelling
crap and piss throughout my day.
Whatever, you over-achiever,
kiss-ass, fetching-coffee,
laughing-at-the-same-dumb
jokes-disastrous-example-
to-set-for-interns—Menace!
Pathetic personal assistant,
move up that ladder
with your low-cut shirts and “extra”
hours spent at the office!
Ah Ha! here comes
the memo taking up
my inbox—
Announcing your new
title as if
you earned it.
So what if I’m stuck here—
sniffing waste in my
cramped, callous cubicle
waiting for five o’clock
so I can leave this shit hole
and escape to my
crappy apartment, cramped
and callous—
At the corner of “Going Nowhere” and “Park”.
Julie Ellinger Hunt has been writing poetry since she was eight years old. Her first piece written to her mom for
mother's day was published in the penny saver on Long Island. She grew up running to her notebook and pen whenever she needed to get
that urge out. Her childhood was complicated and so her poetry, from that time, reflects that. In college, she learned more structure,
so her poems show her style but with some control. Now, at 29, a wife and mother to two young boys, she feels like
it's time to finally be heard. Her family and friends, who are totally biased and have no clue what a good poem looks like,
have been houndingher for years to submit her work. In college, she did submit one poem to Poetry.com which was published
in their anthology (they publish everything just so you buy their damn book) and in the University of Delaware's literary magazine, Caesura.
Email: Julie Ellinger Hunt
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