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The Way Life Is |
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SUPERSAINT71 New Member
since 2010-10-12
Posts 9 |
The pick claws the coal from the rich face It falls like Manna from the darkest heaven Automatons fill the trucks at such a pace Shifts of hours of more than eleven. Merciless owners regale in extricating more At the expense of those they employ Their existences being the antithesis of poor While lives of wives are easy to destroy. Men who hew with all their might Do so thus women and children can thrive Oblivious to the deep, dark cavernous night With futures of many so easy to deprive. No coal dust adorns the long palatial halls Where the stench of profit permeates the air No one cries at the sound of distant falls In a world that is unilaterally unfair. |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Not what we were promised, huh. Great grand-dad swung a coal pick many times so's his son could be an itinerant engineer instead. As for the rich supplanters and their thugs, they have their reward. |
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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt Senior Member
since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105Watertown, NY |
Indeed, the way of life - but if it doesn't kill you, it'll only make you stronger.  -Trina. |
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