want of weight

a touch of knowledge
and tumult come
of leavened gold 
bellies bloat
a second day in seven
spines repose to sloth
man sick, want for work
for heaving yoke we yearn
but too long upon unyielding line
and by distractions turn
far afield
and put to pasture 
on setting sun 
he wince 
in painted pride
unsaddled
youth inside un-rattled 
such value to man:
the fence