Sick
I sat
On the edge
Of the bed
Shivering
Watching

The workers
Wearing
Orange vests
Outside
Working
On the street

One
With a shovel
In the trench
Sticking it
Into the dirt
And then stepping
With his boot
To drive it deeper

Another
In the yellow
Backhoe
Digging out
The trench

The big bucket
Of the backhoe
Dumped
Into a white
Dump truck

July 23, 2021 at 11:21AM