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[SmilingLez]

New Job Jitters


First day.
Nerves singing.
Train quiet.
Office empty.
Skirt adjusted.
Sumatra blend.
Measured carefully.
Machine hums.
Coffee dark.
Bag unzipped.
Notebook. Pen.
Silence waits.
I exhale.