life, injustice, and a clean
shirt …
we are entangled in the bog, as we sweat, as we slog.
the crumbs we receive, with fanfare do deceive.
the 1% whip up emotions of hate, as they remain buffered in their ostentatious state.
we the people are confined to sweatshops, grinding away, for 18 hours a day.
they dock our pay if we dare fall ill, sewing our tongues shut so we may not talk, as long as their designer labels get paraded on the catwalk.
we have been subjected to this and we may never leave, as our mothers and fathers before us, into whom the talons of greed did gnaw and cleave.
they stoke our passions, of race, gender, religion, to whip up hate, blinding us so we may not see that we all share the same fate.
we are stuffed into offices, while they withhold our pay, while they strangle us until we bleed, our families discarded, for who are we to breathe and to feed.
we are expected to endure this hell, of indignity, of injustice, of tattered souls, of inexpressible hurt,
as we are repeatedly kicked down into the dirt.
but the news tells us that all is well,
the stock-markets are rallying,
the market robust as their coffers continue to swell,
as their billboards entice us with that haute couture pair of jeans, that impossibly expensive skirt,
just so that we clock in,
day in and decade out,
in a crisp clean shirt …
Such impact. A very nice share.❤
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thank you very much indeed.
warmest wishes.
Peace ✌ always
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Economic slavery – someone always profit greatly off the sweat of the working class who struggle to make ends meet.
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your words are the distilled truth of the iniquities in this age of unbridled capitalism. it’s horrific and we see it day in and day out all around us and hear about it all over the world. Thank you, my dear friend, for sharing your sentiments. They are mutual.
warmest wishes to you and all those dear to you.
All power to the people ✊
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Yep; this poem sums up the current situation quite well. However, I’d add that there is still genuine goodness to be found in the world.
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absolutely my brother Josh – there is far more genuine goodness I believe as well than not – or else the world and societies would just break down completely.
thanks my brother and warmest wishes, man.
cheers for now
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Warmest wishes to you too! I hope you’ve been enjoying the rains.
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oh the rains have been heavenly my brother. stay well and take care and love to all those dear to you
Peace ✌
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Applaudable! The poem has a voice of its own.
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many thanks my dear friend. always humbled and appreciative of your generous sentiments.
warmest wishes and peace ✌
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Peace unto you too
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✌👍☮
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