There Are Those Who Love To Get Dirty by Gary Snyder

There are those who love to get dirty
and fix things.
They drink coffee at dawn,
beer after work,

And those who stay clean,x    
just appreciate things,
At breakfast they have milk
and juice at night.

There are those who do both,
they drink tea

To me this poem connects on the life of an average worker in America. Someone who has to get up right when the sun comes up, get a cup of coffee to start out the day. The first stanza makes me think of a construction worker, someone who fixes things,someone who builds with his hand. Someone able to create something, spending their whole day sweating, and pushing their bodies to the limit in which they are so tired. And after a long day of work, go out and celebrate their lives by having a drink and relaxing so they can get up the next day and do it over once more. 

And then you have the other workers, who don't have to get dirty, who don't necessarily have to use their hands at their job. they are bale to take it easy, they don't have to sweat, and at night they don't need a stress reliever, they are pleased with what they have, and appreciate not having to break their backs for it. 

And then there is always someone else who manages to do both these things. They can work hard at work and come back home to tea, the middle ground and drink tea which relaxes them and gives them the satisfaction that they need from working all day.

There are those who work with their hands who need to get away after work and then there are those who work with their minds and just want to go home and relax. Two separate types of working people. And the the ones who do both, that have an understanding for manual labor and are able to appreciate everything in their lives.