Frankie, the owner's cousin, is in the lobby reading our newspaper. I'm always thinking I should write about Frankie, but this is all he does: Watches the lobby TV, reads the lobby news; waits for a chance to visit with anyone who isn't busy.
(This is me being busy.)
(It is still April in poetry land and I still have five more poems to write.)
And the photo is from my nephew. We can call him He Who Knows How Fast A Bee Can't Fly. Up until recently he ran an engine crew during Montana's wild fire season. And then he thought how fun it'd be to be a lineman. And I thought I'd lift his photo because of all the metaphors that came to mind.
And then I suddenly felt like Frankie in someone else's lobby, climbing someone else's pole, stealing someone else's photo.
(This is me realizing I won't ever write a lineman poem. Which means I still have five more poems to write.)
(This is me getting back to work.)
Oh, but it's April, and I am desperate, so I might write a lineman poem!
ReplyDeletekelly! write it! i already know i'll love it.
ReplyDeleteGosh, now I might have to write a lineman poem!
ReplyDeletekathleen! sign me up to read it when it's drafted! i might end up writing one afterall!
ReplyDeleteWitchita Lineman (lyrics)
ReplyDeleteI am a lineman for the county
and I drive the main road.
Searchin' in the sun for another overload.
I hear you singin' in the wire,
I can hear you through the whine,
and the Wichita lineman is still on the line.
I know I need a small vacation,
but it don't look like rain.
And if it snows, that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain.
And I need you more than want you,
and I want you for all time,
and the Wichita lineman is still on the line.
It is good to have a job that there's a song about.
ReplyDeleteDid Jim Webb write that one Rox?
And I say, that there isn't a lineman poem today does not mean that one will never be. Happy remaining poetry month.
ReplyDelete@ Ann:
ReplyDeleteYup. And if you want to hear the fellow who made it famous (Glenn Campbell) go here:
http://youtu.be/4qoymGCDYzU