06/15/10Salvage Worker Makes a Video Log Entrymaneuvering an asteroid is no mean feat, i tell you. i've got to make sure i get it back to the yard or else mr. superior will blackhole my paycheck. but jupiter really tests the brakes, know what i'm sayin'. we've lost a couple of company cruisers to its g-belt. now, they're just junk the government won't even flick a tentacle to tow away. but i get to keep this thankless job. i just hope my brakes hold long enough while my trusty wrench and i salvage what company crap we can from these dead floats. the mechanics with their eight grimy sleeves will cuss me at clock-out, for sure. they keep tellin' i should work the bolts with care. i've been savin' up bolts for their birthdays. nuts. i'd better remember to pocket a green tube from the old fission reactor for my kid's diorama homework. he's doing this bit on outdated hardware. i tell him, why don't you just snap a hologram of me while i haul myself and this screeching rock out of the garage? he just snorts (my own flesh and goo, what can i tell you). green, daddy, green! don't forget! i didn't. i'll get him all the colors i could yank from the messy board even if it mottle-fries my arm. that kid better be wishin' hard my brakes don't die. i got saturn next on my list, and that's overtime pay for the missus. S.L. Corsua 11/04/08 * I don't remember now what prompted me to write this poem, but I do know that when I finished it (and when the laughter had settled) I decided to dedicate it to Douglas Adams, in memory of his gifted imagination, sharp wit, and unmitigated humor. Hats off to you, DNA. "So long, and thanks for all the fish." * Do visit the Tuesday Poem site, and read the featured poem picked by this week's editor, Mary McCallum. Once you're there, you might also be interested in checking out the poems posted by the contributors; the direct links to said poems are indicated in the sidebar. Cheers. |