Friday, May 24, 2013

Holding Things Together With Buttons


In the old days, coal miners
Got buttons down their back,
Scabs where their spine bumps out,
From working in the low tunnels.
A similar feature is found along the crown
Of a carpenters head,
From working in a basement
With a six foot ceiling,
An eight by eight running the lengthen
Down the center for support, 
And various runs of pipe and conduit
Run beneath the floor joist
With little consideration for the carpenters head.
Still, in this present economy,
Work is better than no work,
As I’m sure many will agree,
Despite the opinion of upper echelon bankers.

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