As soon as the day is new,
The rooster is her alarm clock
In and out of season
Her heart is in the soil
Her hands calloused on shovels
When the president is done endorsing bills
The pilot done flying over the hills
And the sailor navigating the sea waves
She feeds them
When the doctor is out of the theatre
When the teacher's chalk is down
And the journalist's pen is tired
She feeds them
When the poet is done reciting
When the entertainer is downstage
And the driver is packed,
She feeds them all
When she can no longer predict the nimbus
Her input floods the drain
Slowly until drought generously hits
And she can't cope
But pick up a rope
And end all hope.
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