These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

The Weeks Are Running Together

'Tis Friday, again, and what can be said,
"Some are ending their work,
but some just started 'the making of bread'
as a cleaner or clerk."

"It's the weekend! We rest." And some, of course, do,
but some of us work for your bliss.
'Tis an honor to serve and make weekends for you.
No worries or pains said of this.

Just a difference in life 'bout our work and our rest
for we finish our week at your start.
So, our weekend is carved of your midweek so blest
as we maintain the world as an art.

These jobs are all needed to keep us afloat
as happy, sweet "Earth-go-around."
The dance of the do-si-do, shared weight to tote,
a joyful life, daily we've found.

Enjoy your dear rest as this weekend I go
to clean as it always needs done.
For nearing the hump of next week, then I trow,
my rest will be honored and won.

by Jay O’Toole
on May 23rd, 2025