Archives :: Jnana Hodson

Overtime Plumber

Appeared in the Spring and Summer 2005 issue.

After I’ve been boss in many small ways,
she insists I’m a Gopher hayseed. Not another fat chance.

He remembers I’m rarely lucky but typically cranky.
Some kind of hick, though I explore. Sometimes

when I’m not in demand, I’ve been cuddly.
And after I’ve been conniving, I’m not hard

but easy to reach as a godfather fixing a toilet.
Still, I walk away, to prove I’m no garden statue.

Besides, everyone knows
I seldom return phone calls.

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