Karl Caminski
In the conference room we wear silk shirts and shiny pants
Silver belt buckles too
Slick purple vests
Doughy desk chair stomachs
Recycled business colloquialisms
Forced laughs
We wear these things
I used to only wear my business clothes until 5
Then I’d change into something more casual
But I don’t bother changing anymore
I lie around in the clothes
Like some kind of business sloth
I lie around in them for so long I forget I’m wearing them
The sweat and the stink stick them to my body
And they become like a second skin
I leave them on for months
Sleeping in them
Eating in them
Showering in them
Passersby say, “Man, that business guy was made to wear those business clothes!”
And I don’t disagree
And I especially don’t say that now, when I take them off,
I feel like I’m still wearing them