Shout out to the slacker – to the artist moving moments more than money.
Shout out to the slacker – to the at-home parent wiping noses raw & runny.
Shout out to the slacker – to the few-hour sub clocking out the tired teacher.
Shout out to the slacker – the one sitting by when no one else could reach her.
Shout out to the volunteers, the care-givers, the retirees. To the front-porch rockers, the emergency contacts, and the gardener in the trees.
Society needs you, yes society needs the slackers.
Without slack in the systems, small bumps create huge fractures.
A tragedy, a disease, a storm or even a simple miscalculation
Takes society to it’s knees without the slack of slackers in the equation.
Shout out to each of you,
The world needs your flexibility and slack.
This is a finally out-loud thank you
for always having our back.
