I've noticed that certain parts of my history are becoming history...
My working history in particular.
This is a bit of a time capsule, something to remember before the bulldozers have their little way.
My very first job, at 16, was cleaning the public interiors of an old three story apartment building. I got paid $20 to mop hallways, vaccuum floors and scrub a 16 step marble staircase every Saturday morning. It was hard work, made harder by a woman who made it her duty to sit in the hallway outside of her apartment to supervise my mop skills. "Hold it straight!... Push, don't drag!" She never introduced herself, but I noticed that she wore green saddle shoes. So I called her Green Shoes. Green Shoes was always watching.
She taught me that while a good job doesn't always receive praise, a bad job never goes un-noticed.
I noticed that the apartment complex, my first job, is now for sale.
My second job, a year later, was a lot of fun. I was a runner at a popular r…
I love the whole idea of those birds.
ReplyDeleteThey're at it in my backyard as I type this!
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ReplyDeleteBirds are such marvels of nature. Loved your words!
Thank you!
DeleteI don't understand how this fits today's motif. Explain? (And yet, I am happy for seeing the birds.)
ReplyDeleteDrowning in a sea of birds. It may be stretch. I can remove the link if you'd like.
DeleteNo, please don't remove it. Thanks for explaining with such grace.
DeleteLike the expression breakneck blur
ReplyDeleteAh, neither can I. Smiles.
ReplyDeleteI can see the waves of birds flowing over the trees as if all are connected.
ReplyDeleteAha - I loved every word!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautifully evocative.
ReplyDeleteA group of birds can be a magnificent sight....beautifully done Rene! So wonderful to see you...feels like it has been a long time....I do miss Magpie Tales...I am hoping it will someday return.
ReplyDeleteWe will never keep up with the birds.
ReplyDeleteI love birds - all of them, even the vultures and raptors. Excellent poem.
ReplyDeleteShort and flooding....!!
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