Tugboat - Mia Doi Todd

When the tugboat tires of pulling someone else’s weight

When the tugboat tires of giving all the credit away

There’ll be silence in the factories

There’ll be empty shelves and pantries

Just you wait

When the tugboat tires of sweating for minimum wage

When the tugboat tires of swallowing its pride and rage

There’ll be weeds by the million

Ther’ll be hedges needing trimming

Thre’ll be chamberpots overflowing

There’ll be conglomerates undergoing

Sudden change

When the tugboat tires of pulling someone else’s weight

When the tugboat tires of giving all the credit away

There’ll be one less in the bed that night

You’ll have no one to undress you that night

Just you wait till the tugboat tires