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I Don't Out-Rank The Sun
First Monday after the clocks go back. I'm on a roof at ten to five and the sky's already going purple.
Customer leans out the window. “You're not quitting already? It's not even five.”
And I told her…
“Ma'am, the sun knocked off
at four thirty-eight.
I don't out-rank the sun.”
at four thirty-eight.
I don't out-rank the sun.”
One more, since you're here
Apprentice asked me why I keep four headlamps in the gang box.
Because from November to March, “one more stop” is a flashlight decision.
Got a better one?
Every crew has one, and half of them can't be printed. Send it anyway and I'll decide.
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