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Marshalzu

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since 2001-02-15

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0 posted 2001-03-31 06:03 PM

Exploitation of a working class.

Exploited workforce,
Carry out mind numbing tasks,
An over used resource,
Faces hidden by masks,
Scars on their face,
Scars on their back,
If they can’t keep up pace,
Then they’re flogged till their black,
Working late into darkness,
They work by the flicker,
In cold naked starkness,
Carrying baskets of wicker,
Deep down in the dank,
Where the air is old and stale,
They drink from a water tank,
Or a dirty old pale,
Exploited children ,
Women work as well,
Not allowed down again,
To that dirty, black, coal hell,
Removed from equality,
They think that it’s not fair,
But the reformers cannot see,
That they now live in a pit of dispair

Andrew.

" War is peace,
Freedom is Slavery,
Ignorance is strength" - George Orwell "1984"

[This message has been edited by Marshalzu (edited 04-01-2001).]

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 posted 2001-04-01 09:39 PM

This reminds me of the immigrants that first came to AMerica and how they were treated. I liked this poem. Keeps us all aware.
Very well done.

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

cherish
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since 2001-03-25

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swimming in fairy floss...........

2 posted 2001-04-01 09:45 PM

that was apoweful poem..i liked it a lot....its great how it conjures up the images of pain and the past...good job..

Allan Riverwood

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since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

3 posted 2001-04-02 10:54 PM

Hey, great job as usual, Marshal. And thanks for visiting my website. hehe

~Allan

The sun was born, so it shall die. ~VNV Nation, "Further"

Elvenblood
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since 2001-02-17

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Maine, USA

4 posted 2001-04-03 02:35 PM

yeah this is pretty cool, good read

"Many and many a year ago in a kingdom by the sea
There lived a maidn whom you may know, byt he name of Annabel Lee
and this maiden lived with no ot

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

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Twilight Zone

5 posted 2001-04-12 07:37 PM

Is this about hte coal mining era?
As dopey said, It does seem similar in ways
thanks for the read
keep sharing

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Fading Away

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since 2001-03-14

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Lynchburg, Virginia

6 posted 2001-04-13 11:15 AM

This one was a pleasure to read. Nice job.

--Marie

subconsciously, i think i can eat so much to make my stomach hurt, instead of my heart.

Marshalzu

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7 posted 2001-04-13 03:44 PM

Thanks everybody for all your replies, this poem is indeed about the coal minig era in England, although I guess the conditions were much the same in other countries if not worse. Anyway th whole idea came from a histroy lesson that i had a couple of weeks ago.
Andrew

" No Army can conquer a galaxy, yet faith alone can overturn the universe."

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