the job

you take your work
home with you.
brushes
and rollers
to be cleaned.
the debris of paint
and caulking
on your hands.
face.
and areas in
between.
you take the sun
home too.
baked into your skin.
the weight
of your wet shirt
clinging
to your tired
limbs.
you think about
what tomorrow brings.
which ladder
to climb,
which roof to scale,
which side
will be in the shade
as you move
like a clock
about the house.