Do Not Stand at My Desk and Weep

(after Mary Elizabeth Frye)

Do not stand at my desk and weep,

I am not moved by tears so cheap.

I do not care for sobs and sighs;

I am not touched by leaking eyes.

When you lament, “It isn’t fair!”

I will not say to you, “There, there!”

The list of things that I must do,

Concerns me more than your, “Boo, hoo!”

Do not stand at my desk and weep,

I’m marking books; your tears can keep.