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STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS by MACKNIGHT BLACK

First Line: WHAT LOVE / DO THESE MEN GIVE THEIR WOMEN
Last Line: TOWARD THE SKY'S EDGE.
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;
What love
Do these men give their women
That is like the love they spend
On this iron harlot
With the sky between her breasts?

What kisses
Like the red sting of rivets
Have they left on any lips?

You will not find
The full fruit of their loins
In any daughters, any sons --
But lift your gaze, and stare long
Toward the sky's edge.



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