25 June 2004 @ 03:12 pm
WORK DREAMS
that special bond of people
united by crisis bigger than themselves--
soldiers surrounded by brutal thunder
and flash of nightfire or
skinsoaked levee shores sandbagging
against an indefatigable muddy rise
facing death unalone
behind the veil of
that opiate of higher purpose
suspends the soul's normal chaos
simplifying our choices
the sweat stained grind
of snagging a weekly paycheck
harbors no opiate
no "win one for the Gipper"
alone against the white noise
of rush hour gridlock
the code is less lofty here
but the stakes are no less high
where survival is the only
viable option
Christian or Lion
we are all heroes
in our own arenas
Dean McClain
"Splitsville"
that special bond of people
united by crisis bigger than themselves--
soldiers surrounded by brutal thunder
and flash of nightfire or
skinsoaked levee shores sandbagging
against an indefatigable muddy rise
facing death unalone
behind the veil of
that opiate of higher purpose
suspends the soul's normal chaos
simplifying our choices
the sweat stained grind
of snagging a weekly paycheck
harbors no opiate
no "win one for the Gipper"
alone against the white noise
of rush hour gridlock
the code is less lofty here
but the stakes are no less high
where survival is the only
viable option
Christian or Lion
we are all heroes
in our own arenas
Dean McClain
"Splitsville"
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