We need to get down to it
get down to business
efficiently, productively
proactively and constructively
but let’s circle back
to where we work our fingers to the bone
for somebody else’s profit
somebody else’s health
somebody else’s wealth
Working like a dog, working it off
Until we’re overworked, underappreciated
(But in time: duly compensated)
and burnt out from all the irons in the fire
Maybe we’re going to make it
Maybe we’re not
Am I independently self-employed,
or just an intellectual proletarian?
You have to either do the dirty work or the leg-work to make it work
to keep it working
keep us working
So: I’m working through it,
working it off
to one day reach the top
I have a self-proclaimed epiphany: it’s all about efficiency