The Sisyphus Zone
Wife works The Stress Road
from get-go to got-gone
up before sun, bed after moon
packhorsing burdens room to room
town to clown to clown to town
carrying customer loads
while hoisting her own
Work the road
Walk the road
Fix the road
Tote the load
She says it’s temporary
though of extra time she’s nary
I think she’s getting contrary
watching her garden grow
so endlessly Sisyphus slow
– Smith, 6.16.2016
