Today is Quadrille Monday at d’verse and Kim asked us to write a 44 word poem using the word earth! I chose to write about the way coal miners were treated in the corner of Pennsylvania where I grew up. Tennessee Ernie Ford’s song, 16 Tons, said it all “I loaded 16 tons and I’m deeper in debt. The Check above is one of the reasons.
Digging deep into the earth
Miners sold their bodies and soul
To the coal company of H.C. Frick
Demanding they buy only from his store
Paying with voucher checks instead of cash…
Only redeemable at his Company Store
Slavery of a different // calculated kind
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