Positioning of "dry out"

Christian Marr'sTo keep away the wage that dries out your drafts

"dries out" is correct, but this sentence fragment makes no sense.

CJ

The meaning is highly metaphorical, but should I change it to "the wage that dries your drafts out?"

Christian Marr'sshould I change it to "the wage that dries your drafts out?"

I'm indifferent to the word order. Change it or not, as you please. Both are completely correct.

Note that the meaning is so highly metaphorical that it is incomprehensible.

The whole sentence is "do you have the art to keep away the wage that dries out your drafts?". Drafts stand for plans and hopes for someone's life. The meaning is actually very introspective about the way we sometimes forget our plans and dreams in order to have a stable but not fulfilling life. Your drafts/plans are dried out/left behind/forgotten/they lose their colour (possibility of ever being

So what does "wage" stand for?

CJ

For what it means outside the metaphors: salary.