Assembly - Poem

Assembly

Careful coordination of

   machine and human,

       assembly line

   sequentially moves

from station to station

One worker adds,

   then the next

   to the structure –

      sparks fly –

   securely welding

all together

Countless workers,

   each item touched –

      the manager, alone,

knows how much

Children leave home,

   discovered by another,

      traveling along

   assembly of

family, friend and stranger

Who is next

   to build upon

   son or daughter?

      helping weld

   individual and family

together

Carefully transported,

   priceless structure –

      and only God knows

the number

By Janice Harten

8/12/2008

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