Family Ties
It’s another workday morning
Waiting in a barroom
Drinking coffee with anisette
Surrounded by tired hookers
And their empty knowing eyes
He’ll be down in another two cups
Blurry eyed and sullen as always
And we’ll head off to another home
improvement project.
This one is a second floor rosewood deck
Or heart of cedar
Or whatever
I’ve priced it out to cover
The wake up and wait
He’d do it for half as much
The girls after trying daily
Have given up on me
So it’s a lot more peaceful wait
It’s how my brother in law and I
Survive between union jobs
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