Labors

 

Labors

 

A day’s work,

By the piece or the hour,

Or the week,

Or the lifetime,

            Compensated and taxed,

            Shaved off the top.

Fruit-bearing,

            Cherry-dazzled top:

                        Time-popped.

            Future-sharing and wealth-spreading:

                        Their labor.

 

A day’s work,

            Gestation-ending,

Birth-giving,

Mother-making.

            Dilated and pushing,

            Through the bright crown.

Child-bearing:

            Donning the cased crown:

                        Pro-nouned.

            Cross-flaring and sown seed-spreading:

                        Her labor.

 

A day’s work,

            Leading-on the parade,

On the floats,

Throwing candy,

            Progressive retirements:

            White shoes re-shelved.

Path-bearing

            Crowds’ funds now un-shelved:

                        We-selved.

            Wide-load-sharing and pride-spreading:

                        Our labor.

 

A day’s work,

            Carrying-on these toils,

Our efforts,

Our nation’s calls:

            Infrastructures buttressed,

            Beacons brightened.

Right-bearing

            Cadence enlightened:

                        Heightened.

            Rockets-glaring and hope-spreading:

                        Love’s labor.

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