COVID-19 Diary: Not Working

This is a repost from my COVID-19 Diaries at the Institute of Network Cultures.



This edition features a two-part anecdotal poem on ‘not working’, combining fragments of conversations and dialogues collected over the past three weeks.

1st July 2020 – PART ONE

“I hate work.”

“I love working.”

“I love work but it’s killing me.”

“I hate work but it’s saving me.”

My friend is 30 and being awarded her ‘Ten Years of Servitude’ new year from the bread company she works for. “I d...