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EDIT #1

We can see you, maybe remove the 'can' here in order to make this line more powerful   
in your 40 hour sweat; I agree with the above post, semicolon isn't needed here  
You lick the salt as if it were gold dust,
and choke on the water that’s left all of your other stanzas end in periods. Is there a reason you left one out here?  
 
It is said: two days make up for five.
With dawn, early birds rise,
catch the rubber worm, regurgitate,
and perpetuate it into their child. This line feels like one syllable too many. Perhaps change 'into' to 'to.'  
 
It isn't easy,
jumping into the grinder feet first.
Pretending , the crunching I don't understand these two lines completely. Are you sure the comma belongs?  
is from the  pretzels you call lunch.
 
When your body’s all, bone-fragment- flecked -pink –meat, Again, I don't think a comma belongs after all. I like the imagery here though, it's beautiful  
gather yourself, go home.
Press your remnants into the human shaped mold on the couch,
and wonder why we will not choose to live the same. This is a beautiful ending. Great work  

Great poem! Please refer to my comments above.