IMAGINE YOUR JOB

Is to influence a rock or
To fact-check the surreal or
To sacrifice your paycheck
On the priapic altar of a real-
Estate developer’s ego.

Consider these prospects
And be happy for not having
To fill your closet or coffer
To the point of demeaning
Before the demanding,

Because beyond breathing
Eating, drinking, excreting,
Most people must make some-
Thing of their time and their
Tasks can rob them of being

Pure while keeping them from
Feeling poor, while naturally
There is no such thing as pristine
Human existence beyond
States from change to stasis

Or some unfixed point on
That spectrum, and from your
Perspective forward toward
Eternity or at least the nearest
Horizon lies a better prospect,

So start by making a to-do
List, which may begin with
Waking, being woken, being
Woke, working, seeing worth
As a project in progress.