UTILITY WORKERS


The electric company
Understands the poor
That survive day to day
And night by night

Perhaps because
There’s lots
Of poor people
In Mexico

When the lines
Were broken
By the motor grader
They came and fixed them
They advised
To use more caution

If you see the machine coming
This way again
Talk to its operator
Or disconnect the cables
To avoid further damage
Because it belongs
To everybody

The neighbors
Looked at each-other
And they seemed content