How funny that today, to network is
the opposite of working on a net.
The words that once meant staving off the threat
of falling or starvation now mean 'biz.
To network is in fact much more akin
to weaving, leaving knots in all your crop
so others can identify and swap
some unearned favors brought from where you've been.
The world of the word's first meaning seems unreal.
There was a time when humans ran in packs,
when loyalty meant life and home and grace.
Yet each day's disappointments do reveal
a wound still open, bloody from the pacts
I swear we swore, to keep each other safe.
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