Black Listed
Class distinction is always with us,
Dollars are important to the rich,
Jobs went offshore in the 60s ,
Cheaper overseas, for the greedy rich,
In the 50s, scabs were brought in,
To force the shearers wages down,
Black listed were the honest workers,
Bosses wrote names,
black balled the clowns.
2112, still nothing changes,
cheaper labour, sweat of brow,
grind the worker into the ground,
bring them workers, cheap to town,
striking miners still on strike,
blacklisted by the super rich,
all the names are on computer,
don’t employ any one on it!!!
Morality bankrupt are the greedy,
Death will balance, evil books,
Brought to heel yes indeedy,
Born, poor, poor me,
wrong turn I took???
Don Johnson
Copyright © Don Johnson | Year Posted 2012
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