Fighting and losing

You raise your two arms up
watching your opponents move
waiting for the hook
waiting for a pattern
look

throwing punches rapidly
left, right, right, left, right
until he catches you
with a sledgehammer left

KO
bleeding on the floor
breathing hard and loud
but smiling
smiling because you fought

The fight slowed down time
your hard breathing
the lubricating sweat
oozing out your face
you were alive

You had no war
no great depression
Your only great depression
is your life
suffocating in the corporate
universe

but the fighting and losing
with blood and sweat
makes you feel alive
it helps you not only to survive
but to thrive