Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WORKERS' OFFSPRING, by VINCENT FERRINI


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WORKERS' OFFSPRING, by                    
First Line: Out of iron earth our tenement lives
Last Line: In false nation, born unalive.
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Nations; Soul; Work; Workers


Out of iron earth our tenement lives
Asphyxiate, ungrowing in dearth;
This country monstrous with naked lies
Stunts our bodies aging, undone.
Pulsing energies dammed within;
Hands, faces, brains meaningless,
Cast in flux of historic din.

Souls to souls jobless, frightening,
Workers' offspring, telegraphed, timed,
Breathe stifling of this night;
Unhoused, stoned with desires, tombed.
Bodies among bodies arrive
Rooted, chiseled, alleyed names
In false nation, born unalive.





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