Working-Class Poet Poem by jan hansen

Working class Poet
It had been a long day at the factory but
when there was a break, he jotted down a few words
and during the day, it became a poem- he always
had a pen and block ready, words were so flighty he may
forget what he wanted to write if he waited too long.
Coming home, told his wife
I wrote a whole poem today think it`s a good
his wife asked if the poem was about her, no he said it was about a tree
the one at the entrance of the village.
His wife walked back to the kitchen
the slam of the door was sad.
The poet came out of his cocoon and said to his wife:
All my poems are about you, my muse, with you at my side
I can`t write about the old tree at
the entrance of the village.
They kissed and made up, both lived long and had a good death
blissfully unnoticed by the world.