giving it the works
that pipe - hot to touch
that grumbling - in the guts
of the machine - that is
the works - the real works
where - the furnace smelts
the metals - the sintered gasses
cough eyed - the watering
of the men - the knowing that
the time for that - goes just there
always just there - and there
and there - is deep soiling
of the innards - from the in
to the out flowing - the flowering
of dirt into - well - into more dirt but
there is the shinning - the product
of all men’s toils - smiling or grimacing
the teeth bite - the air does not move
it never moves - men go around it
around the hot pipes - the flow internal
eternal - the closeness of the distance
between here - and there
the smelting - of the days
the moulding - of the metal
the hopscotch men - dancing to the tune
of industry - cooling in the towers
of night shifts - blue lights
long walks - down burma road
out beyond knowing - that now you know
how the works - works it out
for you
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