Day Dream

My boss occasionally catches me

day dreaming

He’ll see me staring off into space

as if I’m in a trance  

my thoughts miles from this factory

with its noises and smells

its warning signs and safety glasses

Mentally I'd be far, far away from lab coats and clipboards

and 

light-years from any time clocks –

When they hired me they hired my mind

and day-dream is just one of the things it does.