Labor Day

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Labor Day

People work. People play.

That's why we have Labor Day.

Plumbers, bakers, painters, vets,

Fishermen with giant nets.

Firefighters, engineers,

Barbers snipping with their shears.

Teachers, waiters, nurses, cooks,

Authors writing thrilling books.

Carpenters and deputies,

People who take care of bees.

No matter what it is you do,

There's one thing that's always true.

Every worker needs to rest.

I hope your Labor Day's the best!

~ Lill Pluta

Wishing everyone out there a very happy Labor Day! :)

Ditchdiggers

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Ditchdiggers

Like lean giraffes about the building site,
With questing noses tilted to the sky,
They stand, a still and silent little herd,
And let the world go by...

Until the whistle blows.  And then they turn
With lowered heads, travel and work and wheel,
Grabbing great gobbets of the yellow clay
To toss it into trucks, tireless as steel...

Until the whistle blows again.  And then,
With noses tilted up against the sky,
They stand, a still and silent little herd,
And let the world go by.

~ Lydia Pender

I wanted to post a poem about work for Labor Day and finally decided on this one, even though it's talking about machines that are working, not people.  I love the image of diggers as a giraffe herd!  I've always been reminded of long-necked dinosaurs, myself, but I can also see them as giraffes.

Wishing you all a wonderful Labor Day!