Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Steel Mills Worker...,Parveen shakir

Black ghost
born of sperm of coal
at hellish temperatures.
His work now to keep shovelling
coal into the burning furnace.
For this
he gets extra wages and special diet,
and no work beyond the four hours
at a time. Perhaps he
does not know that he has signed
a suicide pact in full knowledge.He is the fuel for this furnace.

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