grounded, focused

na.

have to have had nothing

to appreciate something,

have to have had something

to know all you can lose,

have to know what can be lost,

in order to preserve,

have to preserve & sustain

so as to survive amidst the vultures,

have to know the vultures by the

way they wait,

have to wait & watch the eyes

staring back at you,

have to learn how to stare, have to

learn how to pull punches,

so as to keep cool when disaster comes &

operate accordingly.