He moves slow today, not caring about foremen or general foremen or superintendents.
Contemporary poetry tends to follow the same themes, the same plots, and the same settings.
These are merely idealized tricks of the trade, showing very little concern for originality and creativity. Jim Daniels is one of these gifted poets, and his book Punching Out is a narrative collection of poems following the persona, Digger, through the assembly lines of a Detroit auto manufacturer. Daniels' poetry is unlike anything being currently published. This poem captures the other side of job training in which Digger must learn who to trust as he is being taken under the wings of two workers with two very different work ethics. Daniels' portrays Bush as a disgruntled worker who continues to take a certain pride in his work rather than being broken by a mere machine.