Caught in a Bureau: Ode to Miners

They let you climb down into the burial grounds of thousands of years,

To take out the Anthracite from the tonnage of fears.

tough birds

Canaries are pretty, their feathers like Suns,

Large families, small earnings for dubious funds.

Short lifetimes are simple with thanks for each day,

As Hank said, ‘A country boy finds the way’.

Mostly white on the outside their lungs black as the night

The suits down in Washington fill tomes of this plight.

Education is great when it’s theory and thoughts,

but you’ve just got to wonder, how many friends or family HAVE you lost?

If you kill too many of us then who ‘ll you get to go down

through the entrance of Hell for this energy found?

And as you find lawyers to argue each case

can the words on each page equal the tears down each face?

So when your beloved demands that nip tuck

WILL you show us the government agencies DO give a…

As "half-a-man" he's still more MAN

This was written for the men, women, AND children that make sure that we can power our machines to give our say to the world. We should NUDGE the suits in Washington and each COAL producing state to do the right thing for the very few who make energy in America, and other countries possible.

“I AM a UNION of KNOWLEDGE and COOPERATION.”

A member of Local #12 SALUTES you ALL ! PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE.