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I moved to work

July 17, 2023
By SanjoliGupta GOLD, Los Gatos, California
SanjoliGupta GOLD, Los Gatos, California
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I moved to work

In a factory with higher wages

But all it did was,

Force me to live in organized cages


I lived in a small room,

Cramped with no space

But I worked day and night,

Till beads of sweat poured down my face,


I moved to work,

Hoping for a better life

But all I received,

Was pain and strife.


The smoke dancing around me is a tiger,

Choking me with all its might

Till I was as weak as a worm,

Too weak to put up a fight


Oh I miss my good old country days

Watching the sun set and rise,

With the laughter of loved ones

And the distant chirping of birds in the skies.


The author's comments:

This poem is about industrialization which I wrote when I was in middle school. The story follows someone who has moved to work and now faces issues in a tightly packed city where he is underpaid and overworked. 


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