and then the breath it left our mother s mouth and for a while her body made no sound and the first thing she said as they wielded to her son forgive me boy i know now what i ve done she was gone and an angel took her place a broken frame with a wide electric face the heat of the love in the face of her disease would bring any man standing to his knees make way for the worship of unknown hands in the sky make way for the glory of chosen few you re a working man you will not be defied you re a working man you will not be forgotten you re a working man you will not be denied for she told you so and then she d go to feed the little ones the forest floor the sticker for the sun and she dragged make way for the worship of unknown hands in the sky make way for the glory of chosen few you re a working man you will not be denied you re a working man you will not be forgotten you re a working man you will not be denied for she told you so