Early

Cherry

By Ray Schaufeld

Thu, 18 Aug 2022
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We are the tribe of Early

We are the Cleaners

Window Cleaners

Recyclers

Gardeners

Workers for the Royal Mail.

 

Bus and Train Drivers

Cabbies travelling with our fares

To the airport.

 

We may grunt at the 5 am alarm

When mornings are dark

But we pee, wash, brush our teeth

Drink our tea and eat our brekkie

We do it.

 

We adore the gold moments

When light shifts and brightens.

Red sunrise, grey morning, pouring rain, slippery ice

We know them all

We come prepared.

 

We are the guardians.

 

Do not lock us in

When we are old or sick

We need our early

Oxygen.

Certificate U
Poem
Lost and found
Nature

Comments

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

'brush our tea' - typo?

 

Submitted by celticman on

we are the poor, the working poor, who scour and clean and ensure that you get by. I don't know why. Money to be sure, but riches are not our lure. 

 

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Luigi, yes it was a typo. Thanks for pointing it out.

CM they say early to bed early to rise makes us healthy wealthy and wise. Hmm

Perhaps if I was a dot com entreprenuer and I followed the early footsie and the rest...