Here Comes The Union Pacific

every day brings me a little
further from the
promised land

more an animal and
less a man

the lizard eyes
the drooping jowls

a little further

still

here comes the union pacific

the greatest regret lies in having
done everything I was
expected to
do

I got eagerly in line
retracing the steps I thought
were so original

but I merely did my master’s bidding

it depresses me
about us as a
species

so little progress
so much regress

and now my flesh trembles
and turns black in the
face of the
universe

as I am scraped skeleton
dry

a flower turned
inside-out

the lifelong erosion completed
at last as I slowly make
my way back to
the stars

every day brings me a little
further from the
promised land

although I could still be surprised

here comes the union pacific

the world has no right to
ask such strength
from us

as we are shepherded
from field to
field