Coffee 

We drink coffee every day 

Because we hate the way

We've been programmed to work 

day in and day out

Inside we doubt 

We'll ever be content doing 9 to 5.

We want to be alive 

but instead we deprive 

Our families of our being present

and convince ourselves 

Our time is being spent wisely

The lies we 

Tell ourselves to calm the storm within 

That we've been doing good work, 

That when we retire will do more, Or

We'll be there for our family but for

everyone else I don't have time 

why spend your prime

Isolated working but not having any fun

why let anyone 

Take so much of your time?

We drink coffee every day 

Because we hate the way 

We hope the world of work will change 

But we feel we have no power to rearrange it.

I guess we drink coffee in the morning because 

It's something we control

We use it to console 

The piece of us that dies

Every time we spend eight hours for filling someone else's vision

Instead of our own.

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