Failure to Staunch

can you dam this river?
damn it if the beavers
aren't the best at what they do

down to the business
cash flows across the sheet
how much can you pool
before you have to share?

contain the urges:
desire is an addiction
but when i cut the trees
with my teeth
and pile them up
in front of these streams
everything flows through
and the damn burst
sweeps us away