MAINTENANCE MANS PRAYER

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MAINTENANCE MANS PRAYER

Oh deliver me from hot steam pipes
and operators with silly gripes
from old and worn out broken presses
shorted switches and greasy messes
from ground up bearings and leaky valves
adjusting rails and broken shelves
from sewing machines that must be timed
adjusting screws you just can’t find
maintenance books without a picture
and the wrong bulbs for a new light fixture
from those who think antiques should run
how do I repair what time has done
from new we order that comes in old
the best to be done is what we’re told
from those who know how it’s done on paper
but really know nothing you find out later
from all those things that just must be
like weekend work others don’t see
parts that are ordered but not to be had
the work isn’t done and we look bad
above all these things I do pray
to hold my temper one more day

Monty