there is work to be done

how there is
work to be done
in this world
as seen by
the hurried
hands
of butchers
at
the bloodied
block.
each clean
knife, not
clean for long.
the shoe shine
boy
his hands
darkened
with the soft
paste
of shine after
shine.
the dullness
of each day
comes back again
and again.
he depends
upon it.
the policemen
loading
their guns to
stop
the criminals
who are loading
theirs, always,
always, in the world
there is
work to be
done.