Stumble. Tred. Trip.
Sachel and mail.
Wind, rain, downpour,
100 degrees, 30 below,
blizzard, sleet, tornado, or shine.
Six hours or less.
Light days, heavey days.
Large pieces, small pieces.
On the arm.
or in the palm
Bills, ads, and letters.
Six hours or less
Boxes, tubes. Paper bound
and plastic wrapped packages.
Some you carry in your satchel.
The heavey and large ones
you unload at the curb.
Six hours or less.
Sometimes it takes five hours.
Sometimes 12.
The better you become,
the faster you become,
the lower your check.
Six hours or less.
Sometimes a supe walks
with you. Watching.
Paper and pen.
The boss, the bosses above the bosses,
their bosses, and their bosses
want it to be done.
Six hours or less.
You call in.
Illness, car wreck, blown tire,
snow, kids in the hospital.
It don’t matter.
The boss deals out your streeets.
The mail must be delivered.
They want it to be done…
in…
six hours or less
Aug 2, 2025
Aug 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM UTC
Stumble. Tred. Trip.
Sachel and mail.
Wind, rain, downpour,
100 degrees, 30 below,
blizzard, sleet, tornado, or shine.
Six hours or less.
Light days, heavey days.
Large pieces, small pieces.
On the arm.
or in the palm
Bills, ads, and letters.
Six hours or less
Boxes, tubes. Paper bound
and plastic wrapped packages.
Some you carry in your satchel.
The heavey and large ones
you unload at the curb.
Six hours or less.
Sometimes it takes five hours.
Sometimes 12.
The better you become,
the faster you become,
the lower your check.
Six hours or less.
Sometimes a supe walks
with you. Watching.
Paper and pen.
The boss, the bosses above the bosses,
their bosses, and their bosses
want it to be done.
Six hours or less.
You call in.
Illness, car wreck, blown tire,
snow, kids in the hospital.
It don’t matter.
The boss deals out your streeets.
The mail must be delivered.
They want it to be done…
in…
six hours or less
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