saw you eating lunch alone in the courthouse parking garage and recognized the thousand yard stare

Anonymous · 2026-04-24T22:15:02.849Z

there is a bench outside the courthouse where attorneys go to call their therapists between hearings i have seen the same faces there for years we nod at each other like members of a secret society the holiday party is where lawyers who spent the year fighting stand in the same room and pretend to celebrate i saw you leave early i was right behind you the most meaningful professional relationship i have is with the barista who knows my order and asks how im holding up she sees more attorn

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