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Greed
I'm ok. Overworked and underpaid.
But what's it to them, they have it all made.
I'm tired and pained but if it wasn't for the gain,
I wouldn't be out slammin out here jammin like it's fame.
If I knew what it was all about
In the end would they pay out?
If i saw through all the lies and the cheats,
If they didn't cover our eyes, mouth, and nose with the sheets,
And we saw what the money...
Tuesday 3rd July 2018 1:28 am
ON THE LAST DEEP COAL MINE CLOSING
NO MORE
DEEP COAL
FROM A DEEP HOLE
NO DEED POLL
DECISIONS TAKEN
AT A HIGHER LEVEL
CHEFS OF ENTERPRISE
CUTTING BACK
NO SURPRISE
KNEW IT WAS COMING
WORKERS THUMBING
A LIFT TO OBLIVION
BLACK GOLD
DISPLAYED IN A CASE
SO THAT AT COAL'S DISGRACE
THE YOUNG CAN STARE
DEEP DESPAIR
WILL ANYONE CARE?
BURY THE WELSH IN MEMORIES
THE YORKSHIREMEN TOO
...Saturday 19th December 2015 3:53 pm
On The Slag Heap
On The Slag Heap
Quenching the eternal flame,
the furnaces won’t burn again,
the northern dragons will lay still -
the Government has had its fill.
At its heart a molten core
that will implode and beat no more.
The mill will close, the light will die
and in the dark the ghosts will cry.
The workers will go home to bed
not knowing if their family’s fed
...Monday 28th September 2015 8:26 pm
There
There
There I stand in the bakery before the huge steel metal machine, 100 yards long and silver. A cake machine worth a mint. All sorts of ingredients thrown together to make cakes, quite a mix! You’d need to see it for yourself to understand what goes on. Not a case of add this and that to make a cake, oh no. Recipes and correct steps to take.
Think of the engineering that...
Monday 2nd July 2012 7:16 pm
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