JNANA HODSON

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UTILITY LINEMAN FACING A NOR'EASTER

At least I'm not grousing

migrating with the seasons

she insists I appear violet, for a change

he remembers I keep faith

even though I'm not birding

I've been applying warpaint

no matter what, I'm a maverick

leaping from rock to rock

since there's no returning to Yakima

I've been soldering

and not on your payroll

where I'd need a damn good icebreaker.