it’s 6am
you still haven’t slept
and the day was a literal battlefield
your grip tightens on the slingshot
that is your heart
and one eye squints down
it’s not like you don’t know what you want
the target is set
lined up
straight shot center
but the ammo is you
and as you await the next catapult
you question
whether or not
the view from up here is worth
splattering on dirt