Saturday, July 4, 2020

The Great Orchestra of Livelihood


 If COVID-19 has shown us anything it's that we all have a vital part 
to 'play' in the Great Orchestra of Livelihood!
We all need a bit o' bread to eat and a little nest to sleep in!
It struck me as the farmer waved as he rolled by on his tractor,
as the 'mess' behind the house gaped at me as I hung out laundry...

...waiting for the plumber to get the proper permits to proceed
as campers roll by on the first July weekend
as campgrounds depend on patrons
as does every other business,
that we all need each other!
 Surely we are all essential to someone!


Some of my instruments come from the garden today!
Oh, what sweet music medley (aka salads) waits to be made!


Thank-you God (and very hard-working truck-driving husband)
Always like to go to some extra pains pleasure, for Saturday night supper
for Jim after mostly lunch-box menus all week.



Through a mist-kissed colour-flue
Orange-emerald-purple-blue
Pink, magenta, yellow, red
Tolls the quest for daily bread
Rolls the wheels of cars and trucks
All to earn a couple bucks
To address the need, the like
Susie’s braces, Tommy’s trike
Dreams to fill and bills to pay
Banker versus holiday
Some days bad and others good
In the quest of livelihood

Don the duds to fight the fight
All heroes in our own right
Banker, trucker, farmer, nurse
Reap the fruit of Adam’s curse
Picker, painter, poet, ah
All part of its purposed law
Wielder of hammer or trowel
Spatula, shovel, tea-towel
Florist, dentist,baker, cook
Author of best-seller book
Bard and bloke part of the brood
Yoked with quest for livelihood

Seller, buyer, shy or bold
Doctor, lawyer, young or old
Astronaut or engineer
Pilot, pastor, puppeteer
All share in a common quest
Bread to eat and little nest
Garbage collectors and those
Who cut our hair and groom our toes
Who sweep the streets, who drives the cab
Who polices those who would nab
That earned by other’s sweat and blood
All in the quest for livelihood

Meat-packers, mechanics too
All with vital work to do
Caregivers, delivery boys
For our tradesmen, make some noise
Librarians, grocers, oh
By the grace of God we go
Big or small, all a part of
Living’s leap of eat-sleep-love
Then, if you have a bit of bread
Remember to bow your head
And thank God, from man's curse He wooed
The Orchestra of livelihood

© Janet Martin



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