wider minds

a delicate operation

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Look forward, look down

Look anywhere

but all around

lift your purse,

open your wallet—watch it!

Heads down, fingers forward.

Pay no attention to

that yawning gulf,

we know,

it grows greater with every gulp

Be apart—a part

you’re no worm—

you’re a cog

Heads down, fingers forward.

Keep these Great Gears a-turning

as the forests start their burning

yearly offering

offal, yearning

no time—

your wandering mind is

useless, on our dime.

Heads down, fingers forward.

That ache within,

is not your sin

We spin your thread

Ignore the knocking

in your—

Won’t be long

Hold still—

let the invisible hand

do its thing

Heads down, fingers forward.

Does it sting?

Nearly done

Something’s stuck?

All normal

Have a nip, a tuck,

A pill, a fuck.

But don’t get up

Heads down, fingers forward.