<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344711" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Standing Still</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Factories, once engulfed by workplace smells, <br>Are now little more than empty shells.<br>Machinery, which once clanked and clattered, <br>Stands abandoned, broken and battered.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Cranes, once driven to earn a crust, <br>Now lay abandoned and full of rust.<br>People once worked here to pay their bills, <br>But now the place is standing still.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For trade, this place was an important hub; <br>It even had its own working men's club.<br>In its heyday, it saw many deliveries; <br>Now the silence leaves you shivery.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Along the quayside, big ships docked; <br>In and out, the dock workers clocked.<br>It was a hive of activity every day, <br>Until the workforce were sent away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Trading ceased and the place closed down; <br>Now deserted, it is just waste ground.<br>The buildings are in a state of disrepair: <br>About them, people now no longer care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To save their jobs, workers campaigned: <br>Their fight drove some almost insane.<br>They struggled to save their livelihoods, <br>But, in the end, it did them no good.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Many workers felt a real sense of shock, <br>When, for the last time, gates were locked. <br>They missed the work and their friends; <br>Their way of life came to an abrupt end.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Angela+Wybrow">Angela Wybrow</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344711" data-title="Standing Still de Angela Wybrow" data-description="Factories, once engulfed by workplace smells, Are now little more than empty shells. Machinery, which once clanked and clattered, Stands abandoned, broken and battered. Cranes, once driven to earn a crust, Now lay abandoned and full of rust. P..."></div> </div> </div>

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