we worked hard in the factories of light
alternating shifts
learning to breathe like this
underwater, sipping coffee
when will we get to the end
I can't even pretend to be awake anymore
we laughed and kept going.
some of us slumped at our posts
friends with the Holy Ghost.
surely God in his might
soon will let us take flight
clocking it in at last
freed from the working past.
mary angela douglas 21 may 2023
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