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Sweaty Axial Greased Men
By walt | October 21, 2009
Mom needed help raising 10 children
You took us on jobs where
Men brought water up from the earth
They laughed and cussed at
Each other in the Texas heat
Lumbering tools bent deep
Sweaty axial grease men
Who shaped pipe, rope,
Wrenches and steel
Into surgeon’s wands
Coaxing the nectar upward
Men who long new
The value of Aqua Dulce
Before it was bottled up
Back when it and childrem flowed free
Men who knew how to find the real liquid gold
They knew they had to protect it
You gave me all you had
A livelihood of knowledge
Now I drink your memory Dad
Like a Sailor drinks his beer
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