Thursday, February 28, 2019

earth note 663


on this non-leap-year last day in february
disregarding grammatical appearance
there's construction across the avenue
in backup horns and backhoe horns
and at least one police suv
speeding down toward the river
like everyone seems to be
behind in schedule
like it was suppose to be
some kind of milestone
by the end of the month
but confusion must have reigned
and someone forgot to check the calendar
this non-leap-year

there's still a lot of plastic visqueen
flapping 'round the steel frame
cold electricians and pipe fitters
crawling all over iron workers
and heavy equipment operators
a typical management coordination
     fuckup
the extra day wouldn't have helped

--- e b bortz

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