Blazes

If you have a bulldozer,
or if you are a bulldozer,
the only thing stopping
your uphill battles
is gravity. No need
to experiment.

Will man or machine
fall faster down the levee?

It’s been done before.
Every 2nd grade boy
will tell you. It’s all
the same, man.
It’s all the same.

But go ahead if you want.
Full blazes for the moon
in the only way a man
who makes a practical
living is allowed to try.

Fleeting. Cumbersome.
Bound by laws of nature
and the eyes of those
you love best to flip.

Backwards.
Into slime.