Earthmovers Poem by Benjamin Chiu Uy

EARTHMOVERS

Your body,
the origins of species,
Your hopes,
the ground swell
of gardens,

Your songs,
the birds in the morning,
the night owl's cockatoos,

The giant Machinery,
the engine motor cars,
planes and giant television sets,
The engine wheels of the universe,

Grinding, mashing, churning,
gyrating
perfecting wheels of essential products,
Modern progress,
Alta Visions,
next technological
innovations,

Your Life,
unknown nightmares
travails, uncertain epidemiological,
armed terrains,
barbed sketches of soldiers,
and insurgents,

Your prayers,
stealth patience,
surprised ambush,

Simple solutions,
complicated problems,

Wishful thinking,
unfounded theories of
renaissance,

Equivalent to earthmovers,
surviving life, border guards,
hostile pathogens,

Carriers of insect bites life
and death's cosa morte

Life and Death's scenarios,
staying alive as long as possible,
Remains, survivors,
casualties of
life's literatures