Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Paid by the Hour

Ode to my Working Class boys 
My get up before the sun boys
Heart on their sleeve,
Out with the lads,
Steel toed boys.

Ode to my sweatshirted 
Bleary eyed
Wife and two kids boys 

With all their sweetness 
Simplicity 
And lunch boxes.

The hero’s of construction 
The thoughtful father 
They are the men 
With lean bank accounts 
And the best intentions 
The quiet warrior 
The unseen alpha
Up before the dawn
Between the girders 
And everywhere 
We can take their years from them
One hour at a time

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