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Pay Per Wait

Doing better must start now

By Matthew DanielsPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Pay Per Wait
Photo by Helena Hertz on Unsplash

Clean hands do not pure the way

Abuse fits in a shopping cart

The trouble began with Us vs. They

~.~

Keep your head down, get through the day

Exhaustion is a corporate dart

Clean hands do not pure the way

~.~

The poor did not make up the fey

Golden bullets blame the bleeding on the hart

The trouble began with Us vs. They

~.~

Dragons are not what we need to slay

In jealousy of defenseless art

Clean hands do not pure the way

~.~

History is the great delay

Between society and its start

The trouble began with Us vs. They

~.~

The modern golem is cash-coloured clay

A complex problem, no simple part

Clean hands do not pure the way

The trouble began with Us vs. They

Villanelle

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Matthew Daniels

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    Written by Matthew Daniels