Tagged: labor
where we’ve been and where
where we’ve been and where
we are and where we’re going – just
the luck of the draw
.
20230527:1126
y
we are no longer
we are no longer
old school, spending hours to peel
and core apples the
way we did in twenty-twenty,
an ounce of sweat for apple sauce
.
20230307:2111
y
across the city,
across the city,
we meet in slices of sky
and make up things to
do to feel purposeful and
maybe even important
.
20230126:2214
y
a good provider
a good provider
is one who leaves – mothers, fathers,
daughters, and sons, no
one escapes these lives we live, not
truly – even now, we part
.
20220907:1905
y
we never ask where
we never ask where
the garbage goes and hold in
contempt anyone
who leaves the garbage piling
up, waiting for a helping hand
.
20220715:1123
y
step on, step off, snap
step on, step off, snap
to it, snap out of it, get
in, get out – breathe, breathe
.
20220221:2033
y
pride and joy, going
pride and joy, going
once, twice, sold to the lady
who can hold her own
on a busy city street, day
in and day out, making ends meet
.
20211119:1859
y
all in a day’s work
all in a day’s work
is measured unevenly –
the size not tailored
for these hands, the weight not gauged
by what we’re able to carry
.
20211117:1919
y
we are always one
we are always one
wheelbarrow
away from getting
things done –
grateful and
ungrateful
.
20211023:2034
y
two hours with a
two hours with a
hammer can cause a lot of
damage or yield five
pounds of shelled hazelnuts and
pure joy from working with our hands
.
20210627:1534
y
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