Blue-collar Heroes (an oldie re-vamped)

Last night around supper-hour behind the snowplow
came a lineup of homeward bound work-trucks, vans and cars
like pieces of a puzzle in the framework of a country.
Thank-you to all the working-class heroes, whoever, wherever you are!

Blue-collar brave-hearts

They've got no medals

No badges on their

Coat-sleeves or lapels

Working class warriors

Seeking no glory

Fighting life’s battles

And doing it well

Obscure battalion

Work-force deployment

Picks up the armor

Of shovel and cart

Grease-monkey heroes

Some push brooms, wheelbarrows
Keeping the country
From falling apart

Courageous convoy

Gallant and glorious

Punching the clock

While nobody applauds

Nobody mentions

Their names at a gala

For squaring their shoulders
Against all the odds

Blue-collar champions
Humble, hard workers 

 Diligent soldiers
Of toil's honest worth

Working class hero

How the world needs you

Tip 'o the hat
To the salt of the earth

© Janet Martin

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Thank-you for coming home tired and still playing with your kids.

Thank-you for not telling them how to live, but showing them.

Thank-you for giving even when life takes more than it seems you have.

Thank-you for being brave without medals,
honest without awards,
and diligent without applause.

Thank-you!

...and don't give up.