The Galaxies Within

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Just when

Emily was certain

she'd be dismissed for the day,

the double doors of

her workplace opened.

Hastily,

roughly,

carelessly,

arrogantly.

Emily had

more words in her vocabulary

to describe that one single push.

It said so much about its doer.

And in through the

door appeared just the kind of

person she was expecting.

Admittedly,

Emily was being

judgemental herself.

But she had seen way too many

of such people in her lifetime,

all of them 

appeared now as one.

A woman,

embodying Emily's boss

in the sheer unpredictability

of her eyes,

perhaps a couple of years over Emily,

yet blind to the ostensibility

of life.

Leslie.

An only child to her boss.

This daughter,

Emily knew

despised her.

Her grey suit clung onto her shoulders,

as if tailored especially for her,

her hair, a flawless knot

at the base of her neck.

She looked nice as she always did,

Emily had to conclude.

Just the way many

of her other customers appeared.

She knew

Leslie had a job at

Gillian Industries,

a multinational IT company

favouring younger,

newer employees.

The coffee shop got several

employees from Gillian

throughout the transcending evening.

And most of them

were nice.

Specifically the older womenfolk.

Leslie,

however,

was just the type of customer

Emily feared with all her heart.

For they were the most critical.

But then again,

moments before,