Passing the Treasury

3 men run by me
Proper men, men
with maths and
cars, and careers
and stocks, men
with mechanics and
wives and an idea
of how locks work

these men have
taken a break from
work for an 0 H and S
sponsored relief
from R S I
sweat, real man
sweat, running down
their shiny heads
dripping into their
Oakley-glassered eyes

and one of them breaks
off, jogging toward the
office to the rhythm of
friendly goodbyes

“Bye Frank!”, “Seeya Frank!”

imagine if I were one of those math-car-career-man-Frank-goodbying
guys