Just started working again—
A coworker cut his arm. He laughed,
“Horizontal for attention,
Vertical for results?”
Apparently this was a saying.
“Exactly,” I said.
It was August, we were hanging
Insulation in a crawlspace,
But how lucky
Was I to be wearing
Two long sleeves and sharing
A laugh.
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