She used to be a programmer

                                                                backwhen

 

I used to watch her small fingers on a keyboard

fluttering left to                                            right 

 

She used to work the late shift at techsupport

one pen behind one ear,  the other between                  her teeth

 

I used to wonder what I would say to her 

if I had the chance to speak to her                                                              alone

 

then the chance came and I said    

nothing                                                                                  nothing at all 

 

I think she shrugged her shoulders when she walked away

maybe I                                                                                                                        imagined it 

 

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