A crowd of people stands around
Building
Talking
I eat a donut and wonder what to do
Do I stand here? Can I do something?
They laugh and hand me a power drill,
and they laugh some more at how terrible I am
I'm laughing too
Darn that screw!
The sun beams down on what we thought would be rain
It's hot- I take my jacket off.
Roof beams are up!
Time for a cheer and a wave to the video camera
Shovels! I can shovel!
We'll dig out a ring of dirt
Dig dig dig
Oh wait- we're supposed to dig inside the ring too?
Dig dig dig dig, blister!
I wipe the sweat from my face
It feels good to do this work
Physical labour is soothing.
I hand off my shovel to someone who needs it
More than I do
Carry sod, carry sod, LOOK OUT!
Haha Kevin, you tipped the wheelbarrow over!
Gravel everywhere!
Stamp on the gravel with your feet...
That's ok, we've got a machine for that.
Not working? Machine's not working?
Stamp your feet, everybody!
Bricks are here! Everyone line up-
This is an old fashioned relay!
No, I can't carry as many bricks as you can.
I'm a chicken.
Speckles of water fleck the ground
As the sun is hidden behind clouds.
Keep working- it looks amazing!
Wall beams, Roof Beams, Railing beams
All in place.
Pizza!
Laughter.
Tears.
The sky opens up. So much for jackets.
Our eyes open up. So much for tissues.
Soon there will be boards, painted by students
Colourful love messages
On the ceiling
Soon a plaque will say his name
And "See you later"
Because we will
We're here because we love him.
We're here because we care.
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