WONDERSTUFF
Time isn’t the wonderstuff
it is made out to be
it does not heal like bandages
it starts to weave a longterm battle
against scarring
by using the work of mankind
to operate
on missing digits
from accidents
at work, like smoking and drinking
and holding a smoke to ones lips
while driving
and holding a spliff
to your nose while looking at the ends
in cross-eyed viewing
and not the use of it
to make you stoned which is bye the bye
the one thing that doesn’t work out for you
as it doesn’t let you
smile as you work
but only sneer at the work that you have to do
for it is without the working of love
that makes all the decisions
to do with making
of the timed outraged work
to be finished for you
to savour and understand
that all the workers
are asking for it too –
to be able to make it
to their shift end without being
in light and dark again.
