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<title>Zk | Malina</title>
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<h1>Zk | Malina</h1>
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<article class="content">
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<p><span class="tag">writing</span> <span class="tag">poetry</span> <span class="tag">fiction</span> <span class="tag">sawtooth</span> <span class="tag">furry</span></p>
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<h2 id="i">I</h2>
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<p>'''
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It was with no small amount of irony
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that Malina lay down all of her finery</p>
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<p>and went to work in a coffee shop.
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The Book and the Bean was a short hop,</p>
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<p>after all, from her home, close enough
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that, after the walk, she was hardly fluffed</p>
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<p>at all. Just a badger, a bit portly, a bit tall,
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who gave up on a job in personal finance, one fall,</p>
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<p>to, as she'd told Cyril, "head for greener pastures."
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Internally, she couldn't shake the stress of last year's</p>
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<p>troubles with the boss. Stupid git.
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She'd promised Cyril that she'd be a good fit</p>
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<p>and make things work out financially.
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"Our house is paid off, we're substantially</p>
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<p>self sufficient. Far more so than most!"
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she'd said over that evening's roast.</p>
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<p>"And I'm perfectly willing
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to admit I'll never make a killing</p>
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<p>working in a coffee shop. And if it doesn't
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work out, I'm just as willing to admit it wasn't</p>
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<p>a good idea, and head back to the books."
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Cyril had given her the weariest of looks</p>
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<p>and shaken his head, and that act, or non-act,
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which showed his opinion of the fact</p>
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<p>that moving from a comfortable CPA position
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to a barista down the road, that that transition</p>
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<p>was, perhaps, one big bad idea.
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"It could work, but Malina,</p>
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<p>please keep an eye on reality."
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'''</p>
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<p><q class="comment">Maybe continue there to more dinner/conversation?</q></p>
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<h2 id="ii">II</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">The problems with boss</q></p>
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<p>'''
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When one's coworker up and goes missing,
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taking her life and leaving without even kissing</p>
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<p>her husband goodbye,
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it takes every good lie</p>
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<p>you've told in the office and either makes you ask
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why you told it, or shatters the carefully constructed mask</p>
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<p>it implies. Your boss, for instance,
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might come after you with some persistence,</p>
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<p>aiming for a kiss here, a touch there,
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Even as he wonders aloud, "Where</p>
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<p>has she gone? And why?" It makes no sense.
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You rebuff every approach and set up a little fence</p>
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<p>around your desk, one made of papers and inboxes,
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and work with your back to a wall to keep that fox's</p>
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<p>advances at bay. It could be that you're just, you know,
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imagining things. That your boss is just stooping this low</p>
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<p>not because he's upset, but because you are.
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Even then, it doesn't really matter just how far</p>
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<p>he goes. Sigh. He's still an asshole.
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One day, you reject and rebuff a pass while</p>
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<p>explaining what a shitty thing that is to do,
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and finally tell the truth about how little you care who</p>
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<p>he thinks he is. He backs off, anger cool and plain,
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but he does back off.
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'''</p>
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<p>(or maybe that's just you imagining things now that she's gone, etc)</p>
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<p>(makes you question your validity as an employee)</p>
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<h2 id="iii">III</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">The first day</q></p>
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<h2 id="iv">IV</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">Settling into a routine</q></p>
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<h2 id="v">V</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">Malina's existential unhappiness and the search for meaning</q></p>
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<h2 id="vi">VI</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">A day in the life of the coffeeshop</q></p>
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<h2 id="vii">VII</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">Cyril's interlude</q></p>
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<h2 id="viii">VIII</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">The Book and the Bean</q></p>
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<h2 id="ix">IX</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">A bad day followed by a fight with Cyril</q></p>
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<h2 id="x">X</h2>
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<p><q class="comment">Endless questioning into what happiness means</q></p>
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<p>Page generated on 2020-04-23</p>
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