<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368752" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Girls in Steno,1970</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When it's break time<br>the girls all walk together, <br>cigarette-protector cases <br>clasped between their index </div><div style="margin:10px 0">tapers and their thumbs.<br>On each girl's fingers glow <br>iridescent lacquers.<br>When break time nears, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">they peek at each other, <br>twinkle, giggle, nod.<br>When break time comes, <br>a bell rings and the girls rise </div><div style="margin:10px 0">like Lazarus. High on heels<br>they click in couples down the hall<br>to fill an elevator.<br>They get off at One. There</div><div style="margin:10px 0">they float across the cafeteria, <br>men everywhere, <br>eyes everywhere. <br>(Is he the one?) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When a new girl's hired<br>the old girls<br>put her to the test: <br>Will she join them </div><div style="margin:10px 0">for the coffee break? <br>If she does, she joins them forever, <br>even after she marries, <br>retires or expires.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Donal+Mahoney">Donal Mahoney</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368752" data-title="The Girls in Steno,1970 de Donal Mahoney" data-description="When it's break time the girls all walk together, cigarette-protector cases clasped between their index tapers and their thumbs. On each girl's fingers glow iridescent lacquers. When break time nears, they peek at each other, twinkle, gigg..."></div> </div> </div>

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