When Joe to visit
After he quit forever
We all had to admit
That his skin looked great
All his acne was gone
And his hair looked great
And he wasn’t in dress code
And we realized
That was the first time
We’d ever seen Joe
Out of dress code
Because Joe never went out
After work with the rest of us
He kept to himself
Did the eight thirty to four thirty
And then went home
Barely speaking to anyone
The day he mentioned
Quietly to someone
In the break room
That he had put in
His two week notice
We weren’t sure
Whether or not
We should get him a cake or not
Because he wasn’t all that close
To anybody in the office
We ended up
Just getting him a card
With a giftcard in it
For Chili’s
And he thanked us
And we all went about our day
And at the end of the day
He left
And we assumed
We’d never see him again
But two months later
He came back to visit
And he seemed so cheerful
And friendly
We’d never had
A past employee
Come back to visit us
Even the ones
Who went out for drinks
After work
And so we weren’t sure
What to do
But Joe just sat himself
In the break room
And stayed there all day
From ten to three-thirty
Talking to people
And having coffee
And there was some discussion
In the manager’s office
About whether or not
Someone should ask Joe to leave
But he wasn’t being disruptive
And he said he missed us
And that was so nice
That we didn’t see any reason
Not to chat with him
And catch up
Although it wasn’t really catching up
Because we never knew
What was going on with Joe ever
So this was all new information to us
We found out
That he doesn’t have a new job
But that’s okay
Because he had saved some money over the year
Mainly by having no hobbies or passions
And never eating out or having drinks after work
And he lives with his aunt
Who is mostly deaf and stays in her room
And she doesn’t charge him rent
And his car is paid off
And somehow never needs work
Even though it’s got five hundred thousand miles on it
He was living off his savings
And one day he woke up
With nothing to do
Because when you quit your job
And you have no interests
You often find yourself
Waking up
With nothing to do
And he decided
That he wanted to come visit us
And see how it felt
To be somewhere
Where you used to work
But where you weren’t working anymore
He found that it was strange
And he felt the discomfort
That we were feeling
Having him there
And so at three-thirty
He shook all of our hands
And let us know
That he was going to be at Chili’s
After work
So that he could use his gift card
And if any of us
Wanted to join him
That would be fun
And we usually love drinks at Chili’s
After work
But this time, we all decided
To go home
Except for Tara
Who will have a drink
With just about anyone
And the next day she told us
That Joe didn’t show up anyway
But that she met some guys
From Toledo
Who were visiting the area
And she made friends with them
And had a great time
We never heard from Joe again
After that
But we hope he’s doing well
Now, we should probably
Talk about what we’re going to do
Once the second copy machine
Is being serviced
We need to have
A plan
For that
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