now pick up that hammer
and get to work
I'll not ask you again
days seem to expand in the
relentless heat of the Texas sun
and liquid seeps from pores like
beer from the dried bodies of
drunken patrons in neighborhood
bars everywhere, but is that a
legitimate excuse for failure?
what will it take
to get the job done?
"Soon," I say
at the end of a beautiful day
with nothing but time on my hands
- Stephen W. Brodie