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The Labor Sentence

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Chained to the job
| July 5, 2021

The Labor Sentence

My stupendous residence—

It’s toilful!

Like a chain around my bony shoulder,

hauling a bolder…

over and over.

Gad! The torment!

Some day I’ll move

from this stressful apartment.

Charles Inge lives in Lynden, Washington and has given us many poems!

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