The Janitor
By:
Neil Saldaña
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The Janitor
Copyright © 2010 by Neil Saldaña
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My thanks and dedications:
This poem, short story, rant, whichever label you want to deem it, is dedicated to all the gardeners, B.O.H. staff at restaurants, factory workers, underdogs, etc. for being able to continue in this world without needing the recognition that the human soul usually craves. Unfortunately 99% of you fuckers won’t even bother to read this! Anyways, Salud! Cheers! Whatever...I present to you:
The Janitor
The Humans thank Him for cleaning up the mess, yet they do not recognize
Him when He is not at work.
He hears them speaking of their depressions and their family life, yet
they cannot see His pain or learn from their life experience.
He shakes His head quickly to garble up a message He is receiving.
Scattering the messages seems to work best for Him to live in this day
to day form of real-unreality or is it really a...