Getting to Work
The captain mans a joystick, flies a drone.
Through windswept desert, on H 85
he drives an SUV to work 10 miles from home.
In his office-cockpit, he takes the Naugahyde throne.
He studies monitors that show the villagers alive.
The captain mans a joystick, flies a drone.
Vegas glitter and Nevada’s barren stone
recede, along with barbeque and soccer, from the lives
of men who drive to work 10 miles from home.
Almost audible, a cyberspatial moan
that follows “3-2-1, rifle” and a missile’s dive.
The captain mans a joystick, flies a drone.
Crumbs on the kitchen floor, a jangling phone
he pulls himself away from his domestic hive
for duty in a land 10 miles from home.
He cites rewarding moments helping lone
compatriot ground-crew near Kandahar survive.
The captain mans a joystick, flies a drone.
He drives an SUV to work 10 miles from home.
--Lucia Galloway
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