She has a blue collar way of putting on lipstick,

Shading it with her hand 

Laid over the top to hide it,

Like a blue collar way

Of smoking a cigarette.

She has a blue collar approach 

To picking up men in bars.

She brings her metal lunchbox in

And opens her thermos,

Pours herself a cup of joe

While she waits for her

Union sanctioned break to be over. 

Then it’s back to coke and Jack Daniels 

And finding herself a nice

Blue collar lover to cuss with.

-jenn