Corey Qureshi
Things Said
after jamal rashad
youre doing a great job
wait, youre not a student
wait, before you take that away can i
can you take this
here
i dont know how you do that, i could never
that's disgusting
it's disgusting
who are you
oh, when'd you start
i didn't recognize you with that cut!
you kind of look like a terrorist now haha
nice haircut, ISIS
just make sure you let the front office know who you are
when you work by yourself Thursday
you did such a good job, i've never seen the bathrooms so clean
someone pissed all over the walls and the floor
can you come clean this spill
you probly need a mop
can you sweep that whole area over there when you get a chance
a little boy threw up in the library
now scrape the salt off these windows
scrape the ice off this nite lot
come here for a second
listen, some've the teachers've been saying your hallway is falling apart
i don't know what there is to improve, youre just not good at this
stop coming in on drugs
here take this
go weed and mow the administrative hills
come here, isn't this funny
look at this. shit's hot, isn't it
youre not gay are you
alright... well go do that over there, we'll meet up later
can you open the room for (me/us/them)
they left a mess, can you take care of it
Can i get a raise?
lip service rebranded for the present
only a couple steps behind this time
the false hopes you instill, effervescent
better than apathy? no youre just lying
worse than the majority's apathy
theoretically you speak in circles
(to you) my position's another casualty
of the nonprofit world and its hurdles
i am so tired of the posturing
dont say hi to me
Corey Qureshi is a writer, musician, parent, and lover based in Philadelphia. Sometimes they freelance as an arts journalist, sometimes they publish their poems and stories in magazines.