Family Ties

It�s another workday morning
Waiting in a barroom
Drinking coffee with anisette
Surrounded by tired hookers
And their empty knowing eyes
He�ll be down in another two cups
Blurry eyed and sullen as always
And we�ll head off to another home
improvement project.
This one is a second floor rosewood deck
Or heart of cedar
Or whatever
I�ve priced it out to cover
The wake up and wait
He�d do it for half as much
The girls after trying daily
Have given up on me
So it�s a lot more peaceful wait
It�s how my brother in law and I
Survive between union jobs