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A Ballad of Freedom Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	Though they were vilely underpaid They were too proud - or else afraid To advertise the fact abroad Or see to get a Wages...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A voice and statement Lynsie Chase	Excuse me, but who's teaching the class Underpaid teachers you say Yet curious why common sense and class are lost It left while you all...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
DAY LABOURER BLUES Phil Roberts	Overworked and underpaid, No compensation...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK? Phil Roberts	But it means the best are underpaid While we always promote the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Fools and Horses Work James Miller	pay rise so distant, overworked and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Imagine Preston Craig, Craig-Urban Poet	Can you imagine being underpaid by 60% less than your white...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Our Social Security Checks Together Robert Joseph Mattingly	An hour like on a check. Nobody here hollers; "Underpaid," what the heck. We thank God for it all, Every single penny, More than cashier in Mall; ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Perfect Gifts Moomin	Not made in factories, by underpaid children, it is free to all Cherish the perfect grass beneath your feet, that coats the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Real Life Robert Berry	Too many overpaid, too many over slaved for underpaid...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
SOCIAL squabbling Norbert Tasev	, would be the brain of society, the hungry ants, underpaid in the place of the hands and feet, are...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Clerk Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	With meekness of the underpaid, They flout the plaint of the oppressed, And stare at Liberty,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Distance Dawn Tegge	we’re all too exhausted to give any more of our underpaid...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Main Attraction Lawrence S. Pertillar	Taken for granted,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Perfect Marriage Vachel Lindsay	As fellow-warriors, underpaid, wounded and wild, True to their battered flag, their faith still...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Song against Grocers Gilbert Keith Chesterton	His props are not his children, But pert lads underpaid, Who call out...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Symphony Sidney Lanier	Move out, if you think you're...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Truths within our society Brandon Mcmurtrie	Underpaid Officers, Some Killing civilians And It Doesn't Make Sense, They Say That's Just The World...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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