A Living Wage!

a living wage....
seems like not so much
to ask... after 40 years

of
...working
.....daylight
.........to
...........dusk....

feeding someone elses dream...

America the great,
...America the fallen,

can
...you
.....not hear?

can
...you
.....not
.......feel?

the men and women
that built your highways,
your cities and towns...

worked your mills,
your factories, your farms,
are crying out!

we have to eat too!
we need shelter!
we need hope!

honest hard working people...
is this
...how you
......pay us back?

do you remember our names?

poem by Eric Cockrell
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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