rays of history

[saw]

lifetimes of toil
just the way it is,
it takes muscular willpower
to do it again and again and again,
but I think of my ancestors
the ones that never knew
running water, hot or cold
forced air heat, electricity
all at your fingertips, I wonder
'bout the ones that hunted squirrel
pulled fish from the streams
without shimano reels, now
that's real, real as it gets
want to eat today ? get your ass
out the cabin door, good hunting
father, I will beat our dirty clothes
with rocks, dunk them in the ice-cold creek
hang them on a jute line, pray
the sun will return, sure, sure
my old body is no longer excited
about lugging 80 pound toolboxes
humping 4 x 8 sheets of plywood
alone, but c'mon....we have to keep
it all in perspective don't we...
Excuse me, a minute and a half is up,
the microwave just beeped...
my breakfast is hot and ready to eat

[the mingo]

hell yeah, Mongolia ! this trumped everything this morning - Thx, saw

[68degrees]

"...good hunting
father..."

History of us all.

68degrees

[saw]

mingo, 68 d...thanx fer weighin' in...