The Friday Paper Storm

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The Friday Paper Storm --- break ---

White edges,
Piled high,
Flying in the wind,
Red ink,
Dark print,
Floating from the sky.

Envelopes,
Letters
Forms and cards.
Staples,
Paperclips,
Complaints and queries.

All the paper,
Overflowing trays,
Across desks,
Onto chairs,
Spreading across floors,
More arriving,
From the fax,
The copier,
The postman,
From everywhere,
No end in sight,
No place left clear,
A beach full of paper,
What difference one more, one less,
I surrender,
I grasp one sheet,
And wave a white paper flag.