Rising in the Morning

My father's blue-collar wisdom

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It was hard work that defined him,
a man with a mechanical aptitude,
and possessing blue-collar wisdom.
He knew how to put things together,
plan and calculate his next endeavor.
A trailer-park Einstein with a mathematical mind
laying linoleum on my bedroom floor,
trimming the edges with a straight razor,
getting glue on his stubby fingers,
hammering nails with precision…