STAPLE GUNS ARE RATATATTATING
On Crown Crest up to 62d
There’s a Spanish radio station
broadcast from inside the hollow garage
Workers still in orange sweatshirts
listening to World Cup
a skill saw sings and shouts go up
when Brazil scores
It’s early half light and snowing
Trucks still warm the workers
An onan running
roofers already clacking away
Walking the development
where no houses were
Where grandchildren gleaned pears
in the orchard
These big belts carrying worker’s tools
hang heavy on the hips
Must weigh 20 pounds
Wound one around the waist
working on a Habitat House this spring
Still no houses on Whitman Avenue
street sign although a raven
sat on top of it during yesterday’s walk
Jim Bodeen
6 December 2022
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