Quarter Life Poetry is created, written and performed by Samantha Jayne Directed by Arturo Perez Jr. Watch more on 'Cake' on Wednesdays @ 10:30PM on FXX. Follow @quarterlifepoetry on Instagram for more "Circle Back" Lyrics: This one is for the ladies on the nine to five grind Corporate bullshit, nod and smile real wide Swallowing our deep pride, dying on the inside Open office seating, so defeating, got nowhere to hide Nowhere to hide Nowhere to hide Aside from the bathroom down the hall with the three stalls Gotta poop or cry? Keep it quiet, it’s got thin walls Suck it up and sit tall, lock it like a bank vault Never show emotion in the open or admit fault Then when our work lurks up into fat stacks Pulse perking up like we gonna get a heart attack Freakin’ and we thinkin’ that we never gonna finish that Breathe a minute, relax, say the magic words: “You need to take a beat, and then you’ll circle back.” All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back Take a beat Take a beat Take a beat Take a beat Take a beat and circle back Run it up the flagpole, jamming fast and furious Disrupt, update, pick it up and run with it Loop me in, win-win, please advise, ASAP Move the needle, drill-down, amplifying impact All the bitches talkin’ in the jargon of that work trap Hard fact: I’m all up on the free snacks Apple, Nature Valley Bar, M&M and Tic Tacs Huffing caffeine like a fiend druggin’ on crack Chugging La Croix like a frat with a twelve-pack Sugar withdrawal make me crash and I delve back To the sad fact that I’m mad trapped But I could never quit because I’m cash strapped “Where’d you get that? Love the fabric, It’s super soft.” “Oh my god, you like it? it's half off at Ann Taylor Loft” All the workin’ bitches get our get-up at Ann Taylor Loft All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back Take a beat Take a beat Take a beat Take a— “Hey, can you sign this card real quick?” “Oh- uh, yeah….” It’s a card for Wendy, it’s her birthday She still came in early ‘cause it’s Thursday Later we’ll surprise her with a sheet cake Maybe that’ll placate the sinking empty feeling That she’ll deal with when she works late Yaaaaaaaaay! Time for a meeting. None of us are reading The same old Powerpoint, everybody’s waiting for Dave up in this joint Been like twenty minutes of small-talk till this point “Should we loop in Carol in Miami? She might wanna listen in.” It’s another twenty minutes till Carol gets dialed in... ...Dave arrives, we begin “Carol, can you hear us? We lost Carol.” “Hey I’m here! But everything is static, I’m not hearing anybody clear.” “Maybe we should get IT?” No one hears her, except Ben sitting near her “Maybe we should get IT?” “Smart idea, Ben! Always thinking. That’s the problem-solving attitude we all should be bringing. Katie, can you ping IT?” “But I just said— sure.” Great! While we wait, I just want to say, let’s set a group check-in at the end of the day What the fuck, Dave? So we’re sitting in a pre-meeting for another meeting? Are you insane?! But I don’t say that I smile and I nod and I nibble on the free snacks Time is a flat circle and my purpose is to circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back All the workin’ bitches take a beat and circle back Take a beat Take a beat Take a beat Take a beat Take a beat and circle back Finally I’m home, safe from the bullshit Brain feel like dough, mushy from the work shit Knocking out my show, pinning on my Pinterest Braless, candle lit, bean dip, wine sip— What the fuck is all this?... “Reply asap and include Liz Looping in Luke when I get this Take a little look and approve this Integrate, innovate, cultivate, ideate, bandwidth.” Fuck this shit, I can’t escape it!! Hold up, wait a minute When I feel that rage, take a page from my workin’ bitches Relax, breathe a minute Stick ‘em with that life hack Write those little magic words: “I need to take a beat and then I’ll circle back.” “Circle Back” Written by Samantha Jayne (lyrics) and Christian Hanlon (music) Published by Samantha Jayne Music (BMI) and VitiligoTone Publishing (BMI) Produced, Mixed and Engineered by Christian Hanlon

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