rays of history
Posted: March 10th, 2015, 6:37 pm
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
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
