Working from home

In the morning I have a shower, get dressed

and eat breakfast, usually tea and toast,

I brush my teeth and leave the house.

I turn around and walk back through the front door

say hello to my co-workers, the plant,

the other plant, my boyfriend if he is home

(not so much a co-worker as a co-habitant in my building).

At morning coffee time I stand near the kitchen sink

- it's the closest thing I have to a water cooler -

and talk to myself about what I watched on TV last night.

When it is my birthday I buy myself a cake.

When it is not my birthday I buy a cake anyway

as it is probably somebody's birthday somewhere.

At the end of the working day I shut down my computer

say good-bye to the plants (and the boyfriend if he is around)

and leave the building. 

I take a deep breath of the refreshing evening air

then turn around and open the front door,

I greet my plants and my boyfriend

pleased to be home after a long day.