On Being Industrious

We've outsourced and 

crowdsourced our output

but we still think there is an away 

out there

out of sight and 

out of mind.

And I'm trying to stay productive

in the mash of obligation

meets innervation

meets innovation

in a tired nation

bent on its own alienation

from itself.

Because a moratorium is arbitrary

even after a slick summer of tar

and chemical rainbows on the gulf?

Because safety is a secondary concern

when there's a bottom line?

Because the economy's in the tank

when the gas that goes there

costs too much?

America, the bottom line

is not the only line.

You'll realize that 

when you have to stand in one.

You'll see that 

when we've crossed yet another.

It's a picket or a battle,

I think?

No wait.

I forgot my lines.

I went up.

And I'm running out

of resources

to draw from.

But I'm still drawing.

We share that, right?