Swept inside the laboring machine

Sliced open by its gears

Wishing silence would sprawl

Wish I’d fall back to sleep

Smoke coddles the tyrants

Shorting out the controls

Full lives feed the furnace

Wish I’d just fall asleep

Though I’ve been far away

Safe and sound on higher ground

Unscathed, still I pray

“It’s all a dream”

“I’ve been asleep”