The Image of Labor

Wage labor holds the missing creativity
of this world.
They are dulled by the regulated
movements of their routine
Their imagination was a
A flowerburst, a jewel colored beetle,
Light spilling through an oak leaf
Shade landing on a boulder
But now a metal sponge, a plastic basin
full of dishes, cleaning chemicals, a toilet
brush.
These are the images that now
take the place of their imaginations

This poem is about: 
Me
My community
My country
Our world

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