What if everyone hustling
by right now
that will die
over the next 50 years
were to drop dead
where they stood
right...now.
Then everyone else, kneeled.
How much progress would be lost?
With any luck, we'd still
have the lightbulb, television,
frozen dinners, and lycra.
All essential things
in the fight
to keep from dying where we stand
and take back the 50 years,
never questioning who those years
belonged to anyway.