Mining Life

she peers down at me
sort of a sidewise glance
you don’t have good veins
code for I’m going to stick you
and it will probably hurt
not once maybe twice
if you’re lucky
and they don’t blow up
same old same old same old song
how many veins have you mined
over the past 4 years
do they heal
ready themselves for the next siege
or do they wither away
so some she or he
has to dig deeper
and deeper
shit
it never ends
if I am lucky…