8/13/2019 Digger Poems
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1 ;orty years ol40 T8enty at the plant0
* 2hen you starte4, you sai4
3 t8o years tops0 "nough money- to get ahea4 a little
/ till figure out 8hat really 8ant to 4o0
2hen someone +alls you a lifer no8
5 you 4o not ob@e+t0
9 &our bu44y ;ran7 too7 an early
16 retirement buy out, move4 4o8n south
11 near his parents0 e sent a pi+ture...
1* its on the bulletin boar4...hes hol4ing
13 his belly li7e a 8atermelon
1 Thirty years0 %n4 out0
1 e got an aerial vie8 of the plant
15 that everyone signe4...the +ompany gift0
19 #oof an4 par7ing lot0 e suinte4,*6 shoo7 his hea4, for+e4 a
laugh,
*1 li7e it 8as a ba+helor party, everybo4y
** trying har4 to be funny, 4rin7ing fast0
*3 %n4 him a lifetime ba+helor0
*- &ou 4ont see the guys after 8or7
*/ anymore0 Bo ui+7 sho8ers
* to hea4 out to the bars, hair 8et* an4 shiny, the night fresh
8ith possibility0
*5 Bo +ar4 games, ball games, pi+ni+s0 Just tal7
*9 at brea7s about +ars, sports, TC, family0
36 ;amily0 &ou sit in the +ar after 8or7 to4ay
31 8on4ering 8hat youll get 8hen you gethome...
3* a +ar4 from the 7i4s, your favorite meal,
33 burgers on the grill, +a7e an4 i+e +ream0
3- &ou ba+7 your +ar out an4 smile,3/ s8erving onto oun4
#oa4 to8ar4 home,
3 to8ar4 the off.7ey voi+es,3 the ne8 shirt, so+7s, shovel0
