Industrial Waste
Will Martin 1946 (NJ)
Is there a substance
that as a result of continuously applied force
becomes so hardened
so as to become no longer malleable..?
immovable..?
Lately, i’m feeling
much like that substance
Becoming tired of being forced
for no good point
Becoming weary of being pushed
into a grotesque shape
not of my choosing
Toward directions
i care not to go in
And you can find this stuf anywhere
it’s everywhere
Leftover human slag
over-hammered
beat down by the establishment
You might call it
white trash metal
Or inner city old grey steel
50 gallon drum fireplace
ghetto hubcap with no wheel
Left with worth
less than a tin cup
Used humanity
used up!
Beware waste artisans
it’s waste recycle time
It’s become too late
the purged waste you’ve created
Returns and rises from the ashes
to make you suffocated.
RB — 5/02
About this poem
A protest poem.. for the downtrodden.. about those who trod upon them...
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Submitted by oldoccpu on June 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 782 |
| Words | 141 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 1 |
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