On Working & Poetry
2008 March 26
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.
– “To Be of Use” by Marge Piercy
Today, a professor at work sent me this Marge Piercy poem in the campus mail, because we had discussed it in passing two weeks ago. He couldn’t recall the name or the author, just the ending image of the vases and bodies being of use. It helped to inform my work all day today, since I hung it above my computer monitor. I love working at a college.
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