New Shift

First shift on days
Murphy's law in full effect
3 AM start time

end of brutal week
humming "What Time is It?"
on the way out

last two days on nights

setting up the successor

with book of cheat sheets

first day back
murphy's law in full effect
oh joy and rapture

Visit plus 4
the inspection failure list
in all its glory

Visit Day 3

hearing a few good things

with the demerits

Visit Day 2
bloodbath over sanitation
nastygrams and phone calls
bloodbath over sanitation

holiday party
no gifts given to bosses
scoping the plants

V day tomorrow-
screaming toward the finish
with five less bodies

V minus 3 days
starting huge holding pattern
for all the mahufs

V minus 4 days-
chit chatting with the boss
over weekend plans



ensd of shift
man asks me to make coffee
"one for the team"

REST

V minus 5 days
the urge to curl up and read
is overwhelming

V day minus 6
keeping energy
for final push

start of new week
buckets of testosterone
on my last nerve


v day minus 7
trying to hold the line
against the dirt

v day minus 10
per my direct boss
extra cleaning job

V minus 11 days
walking through the plant
liking what I see

V day minus 12
starting to nitpck early
not relaxing yet

V minus 13 days
clean peeking through the cracks
my boss is antsy

Vminus 14

white knight's yearly visit

we all get ready

end of the week
being the bad guy stinks
just wanna go home