Whether you view it as a holiday or not ...

It marks the unofficial end of summer's pot

School thus reforms up one higher level

And kids turn to buses, away from pedals



Whilst their parents end their long vacations

Getting ready once again for real project-making

And then there are others it just doesn't phase

Mostly artisans who see it as just another day



And to these folks there are no real holidays

For every day is both that and new work-space

As writers, artists, photographers make their own

Which is why most of them do work right out of home



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

5:35am Labor Day. 1998