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Anvil man (Free verse) by INTRANSIT
You! Nine to fiver, grinder, anvil-man!
You that waits still,
for the masters' molten steel whip
and the blows of an ever increasing workload.
Hold fast your shape as he wields the work-blows
and reply with the ever affirming clank
as you have done since your casting.
For I am the overtimer, grinder, mill-man
whose teeth scream as I'm fed
poor, bulk, rough material for shaping.
I will hold fast my teeth as I'm forced to
cut rough into smooth and I will reply
with the ever affirming grind-scream
as I have done since my build.
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