born and born and born again

we are born and born and born again

babies every day, never yesterday because we had none

scraping away the layers for grubs

scraping away the daylight for truth

scraping away the cloudbanks for brilliance

we wake up in swaddled rows and steal glances

saying where?

where we gonna dig for the naked goods today?

where we gonna hack at the thickets, make it all bare like us?

we are new, we make all the mistakes fresh

we are born, we bounce

we are new, this is it, here we are now

we are born, this is the only day there is