GRAVEYARD SHIFT

They call it that, I think I'd read,
because, when they took the dead

who perished from the plague, there
simply were no daylight hours to spare.

They dug the graves at night.
Some work does not require the light

of day, and deeds done in the dark
need not always bear the mark

or bear the smell of putrefaction.
That said, I take most satisfaction

from what I can accomplish in the day.
I wouldn't have it any other way.