They too are the earth

The swansongs of beggars sprawled out

The brimming gutters

They are the earth

Under snakeskin shoes and Mercedes tyres

They too are the earth

The sweat and grime of

Millions hewing wood and hurling water

They are the earth

Muddy every pore like naked moles

They too are the earth

The distant groans of thousands buried alive

In hard unfathomable mines

They are the earth

Of gold dreams and blood banks

They too are the earth

The dying distant deaths

In narrow abandoned hamlets

They are the earth

Women battling centuries

Maleficent slavery

Are they of this earth

Who fritter the forest and harry the hills

Are they of this earth

Who live that earth may die

Are they?

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