storm clouds like loaded down barges slide
along the train bridge north bound and around
Tag Archives: labor
by what power ye
all made from blood and broken machines
this I, one broken machine
in a production line You too, you reading
are a broken machine or one in the making
all blood and bones with obsolescence
built-in but we try
extend past the build date like the machines we machines build
extend, calling inevitability
weakness
(for JP)
what’s another job description between pal?
down on river becoming
a wharf dog, guarding
boats, watching coal barges
learning to read the water
and at home, still watching
for the honeysuckle to bloom