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Peter Clayborne's avatar

Yeesh, this is uncomfortably familiar lol. Uncanny and accurate and so zoomed-in, just arresting.

Zoe Carada's avatar

Thanks Peter! I wrote it just after such a night, so this might have helped a lot ;)

Jonathan Fletcher's avatar

I had a professor in film school that said that in order to communicate you must speak to “the universals.” Nailed it my friend, assuming my experience represents a bunch of others as well.

Jill Ebstein's avatar

Love the writing. Here's the line that got me:

"If a boss retiring can change your life, what kind of life is it, a little boat like a nutshell on a choppy sea."

Zoe Carada's avatar

Thanks Jill! Yeah, the human fragility, multiplied by the volatility of the corporate world...