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Sparkplug Bill's last run

from Sparkplug Bill's Last Run (2012) by Dan Sullivan

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Keying on the Flying Dutchman
Sorting through the night
Sparkplug Bill, a postal clerk
Was fighting for his life
The sad stare in his eyes revealed
A life too quickly old
Too many letters in too short a time
Had flashed past his console

No warm words consoled him
No word at all prevailed
There was nothing but a constant roar
And a steady stream of mail
As machine and man struggled
In uneasy unison
No one knew that Sparkplug Bill
Was making his last run

Sparkplug Bill, Oh Sparkplug
Hey foreman ring the bell!
Load another tray of mail
On the ledge for Sparkplug Bill

The zero bin was filled with mail
From console number four
Where the little hands of Sparkplug Bill
Lay still at the keyboard
The foreman pulled an edit
Then he cursed beneath his breath
And spied the sleepy figure
With his slumped on his chest

Sparkplug Bill, Oh Sparkplug
Hey foreman ring the bell!
Load another tray of mail
On the ledge for Sparkplug Bill


With an edit in his hand
The foreman lifted Billy’s head
Then he called for relief clerk
For Sparkplug was dead
There was no time to grieve for him
The mail could not be slowed
He was only a sparkplug
Who died at his console

Sparkplug Bill, Oh Sparkplug
Hey foreman ring the bell!
Load another tray of mail
On the ledge for Sparkplug Bill

Load another tray of mail
On the ledge for Sparkplug Bill

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from Sparkplug Bill's Last Run (2012), released July 4, 2012
© Dan Sullivan

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Dan Sullivan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some people like gardening, working on cars or woodworking. Others enjoy knitting, collecting stamps or coins. That kind of thing. I like writing songs.

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