Industrial Psychotherapy

Sketch, Dec 2008

By Beth Wilbur, Published on 01/01/08

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Industrial Psychotherapy

Industrial Psychotherapy Iowa State University Copyright c 2008 by the authors. Sketch is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress). http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/sketch - 2008 Article 21 Beth Wilbur Industrial Psychotherapy Beth Wilbur I stopped by your front door but, Afraid to touch the tinny bar parked push, An alarm might sound and a robot dressed in your sarcasm would take me away in the short bus you always accuse me of riding on the weekends. I fumble with the words on my oversized keying of advice, No clues given at which will be the open sesame. But seeing my face print in every snowbank keeps my grudges busy for another off-season, Glad the warehouse doesn't have to close to the public image you give off. By the way, your thoughts marked exit only arrived today wrapped in layers of assumptions, They pile up at my feet and I drown in them colorful but stifling like when the air stopped working and the car windows got glued shut with your anger. I want to grab the wheel from your soft hands but I can't bear to leave the freshly painted lanes. Don't wait till the next rest area or your stream of consciousness will never again escape, I know you're in that machinist's lair my brother but I can't blow your house down and rescue you from the industrial strength tower of babel. The reason I tried is I need your help like always, I lost the manual for my artificial heart and you are the one who will remember how to fix it. We own the same model known for holding on, grinding so hard they start spewing acid smoke instead of daisies. Hope my codeword still works on you but until then I will be standing scared by the glowing entrance lit by your neon welcome. Beth Wilbur is a senior in liberal studies. (...truncated)


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Beth Wilbur. Industrial Psychotherapy, Sketch, 2008, Volume 72, Issue 2,