Water Tower Day Job

At a water tower day job

your only task is to drain the water

built up in the storage silo

over the last couple of months;

and at a water tower day job

you don't ask questions.

It's just you and your scaffolding

at your water tower day job:

pull yourself up,

and repel on down.

Up and down,

up and down.

At your water tower day job,

you use that watch you were given

to time yourself, and you take your lunch

on your toilet office chair because

let's face it, the toilet's pretty comfortable

and you can't complain anyway.

At your water tower day job

you mean nothing to your boss,

who talks to you in these raspy

"Yeahs" and "God yeahs,"

when she's particularly excited.

Your always just a new face to her.

If I can offer your one strand of advice

at your water tower day job, it's don't

drink the water. Other than that, it has some perks.

Enjoy the view.