Saturday, March 22, 2008

A Busy Week at Work

What We Did at Work This Week

Elements assaulted us
as we set our instruments
deep beneath the mesa's top.
We expected a few hours
of work. The task took one week
then also consumed the next.

System after system failed
and was replaced or repaired.
Until finally, sensors
calibrated began to
whisper readings in secret
languages of intellect.

We found what we expected
to find. We did not hear the
songs of the blue and humpback
as they slid past our sensors
in their brilliant under earth
caverns.

2 comments:

Elaine Lacy said...

Very cool imagery at the end. One can sense the frustration early on. Nice one.

Tim said...

I like it. The 7-syllable lines hooked me too.