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Her hearts wicked industry whirs away:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The machinery of her cruel commerce.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her debts, she always promises to pay,<\/strong><\/p>\n

And she pays with yet another promise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dark with toil are her factories of despair,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which wheel to manufacture discontent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her city of sorrows– those brooding buildings there,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are dollars of melancholy encased in cement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deep her rue,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a river of despond,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which wanders through<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Her city and beyond.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While overspins<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That span of doubt,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which keeps her in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And all others out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freeways of indecision her boundaries cross–<\/strong><\/p>\n

The transit commodities of truck.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She barters the markets of human loss.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In dollars of melancholy, her bargains struck.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fall 1987<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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