April 2012
1 post
“Kinda? Whaddya mean, kinda?
As in, she’s kinda pregnant?”
Our meeting jargon.
March 2012
1 post
“Do you like hummus?”
“You mean that brown mushy stuff
That smells like poo? No.”
January 2012
4 posts
2 tags
Wearing 2XL
Rain jacket down to my knees
Don’t need the rain pants.
Gloves and waders on,
Helping geo engineer
Collect soil samples.
1 tag
Slurring words, he says:
You are the most beautiful
Construction lady.
December 2011
7 posts
2 tags
OAC meeting
Small talk about bifocals
Used to go hunting.
1 tag
Wearing designer
Jeans to stomp in the mud seems
Inappropriate
1 tag
Met owner at lunch,
“I thought she would be Swedish,
Tall, and blond.” Sorry?
Shift now starts at noon
It means I have co-workers
And need sunglasses.
Buttress drilling specs
Needs thixotropic fluid
Used inside casing.
1 tag
Drilling foreman talk,
Operating crane much like
Call of Duty game (!?!)
The office party,
Everyone goes, I work swing,
But boss gives me wine.
2 tags
Hole punch confetti
Fills pockets of safety vest
It’s time to vacuum.
1 tag
Whizzing rubber balls
Creates rainbow of color
I duck in my cube.
2 tags
30 mph!
Need to tighten the hard hat
Lest the wind takes it.
November 2011
21 posts
Waiting for boys’ move,
I connect all paper clips
And place back in box.
Wandering transient
He screams, “Fuck you!” and scowls
At empty driveway.
Pick-Up Line Fail
“Let’s jog together.”
Authoritatively walk,
That’s all I will do.
When Your Industry is
Don’t shit where you eat.
Apparently that’s too rough?
No pen in shared ink.
Stuffed cube full of trash,
But apple in safety vest,
OK, I forgive.
Empty desk while day,
Fake bugs hidden everywhere,
Night: Rolling my eyes.
1 tag
I asked his origin.
“I’m from where the men are men,
And the sheep are scared.”
Rain gear overalls
Looks like Pillsbury dough boy
Craving hot shower.
2 tags
I can deduct gear?!?
IRS fueling spending
Good tip from foreman.
1 tag
Site binoculars:
To watch workers down below
Or peep next building?
1 tag
Mouvember
No shave November
Drew moustache on my finger
So I’m not left out.
Nachos in my tumm, Eating like college frat boy, This is construction.
1 tag
Since I work downtown
Animal or human poop?
Is the real question.
Bought new steel-toed boots :)
“Too clean!” He stomps on them.
Well, he is my boss.
Running around here Makes me sweaty and dirty. No time for dinner :(
Stood too near a truck Dumping spoils from buttress shafts. Cement down my shirt.
Welcome
I’m writing haikus
Recording construction life:
Prose with men, tools, work.