the graveyard shift

starts before it begins

subway doowop gospel quartet

one dollar bonus ride

donkey jacket knuckle five

keeps a smile on your face

keeps your forehead wrinkle free

keeps your hair from being messed up

"Thanks everyone,

you just bought us

three packets

of oreo." ha ha

"By the end of the day,

we are goin' to be flyin'!"

subterranean high speed

whistle stop jammin

sweeping through

collecting loose

dollar

I am saved

rockin on down

under 25th

the graveyard shift:

the one who patrolled

the cemetery at night

to listen for the cries

of the resurrected

coma-people

buried before their time

to draw attention to

the re-awakened

state of death

please pull

a string tied

to your former deceased finger

passed through a hole in the casket

connected to a bell or flag

dead ringer saved by the bell

images:

sub-way

pyramid saves remains

wave to liberty