Thinking Aboot

Like John Prine my

grandpa was real carpenter
he hammered nails in things

and my Dad

copied all of his

best lines

I learned a little bit by osmosis

but it was only

after I had screwed

the blue devils

after wrestling

with concrete

and no budget

for a hammer drill.

I would have bought one

if I thought like ISIS

or if I was not qualified

to drill six holes

with my old drill

yes it goes back and forwards

and yes you can feather it still

but the stinking thing

needs an extension cord

how can any modern person

work with such

encumbering things

Making this deck has been a battle

but I have learned one universal thing

never go off level

or you will have

to rip up

no matter

what you bring

That is unless

your in procession

of one of those

reality distortion things