Work

The Telephonist by Susan Yuzna I had my order. Not of the choirs

Personals by C. D. Wright Some nights I sleep with my dress on. My teeth

Hay for the Horses by Gary Snyder He had driven half the night

Coming Close by Philip Levine Take this quiet woman, she has been

Po' Boy Blues by Langston Hughes When I was home de

Blues by Elizabeth Alexander I am lazy, the laziest

i am witness to the threshing of the grain by John Hoffman i am witness to the threshing of the grain

Odd Jobs by Jericho Brown I spent what light Saturday sent sweating

The Whistle by Yusef Komunyakaa The seven o'clock whistle

The Debt by Paul Laurence Dunbar This is the debt I pay

Testament by Carl Sandburg I give the undertakers permission to haul my body

The Unknown Citizen by W. H. Auden He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be

The Orange Bears by Kenneth Patchen The Orange bears with soft friendly eyes

The World is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth The world is too much with us; late and soon,

A Situation for Mrs. Biswas by Prageeta Sharma When I received the call I was in a store in Missoula, Montana

One of the Monkeys by Nicholas Johnson I'm one of the monkeys they've got typing

On Quitting by Edgar Guest How much grit do you think you've got

The Dance by Humberto Ak'Abal All of us dance

Vocation by Sandra Beasley For six months I dealt Baccarat in a casino

Song of Myself by John Canaday I am a stubborn ox dreaming

I am the People, the Mob by Carl Sandburg I am the people--the mob--the crowd--the mass.

The Eternal City by Jim Simmerman Sometimes I picture your face on money

Thinking of Work by James Shea A brief storm

Engines Within the Throne by Cathy Park Hong We once worked as clerks

Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood With fingers weary and worn