Socialist Stanza No. 13
Arthur Draws the Sword from the Stone
(Labour Theory of Value)
He firstly
mined the ruddy stone,
Felled
timber and dug the pit
To burn that
wood into charcoal.
Then fired
the ore until it
Let the iron
run freely into
A rough mould
to cool before
Heat and
hammer, heat and hammer
Shaped the
blade, which would ensure
All
brittleness was driven out.
Edges were
honed razor keen
And a finely
tooled hilt fitted:
A sword
where once stone had been.
There was no
mystery or magic
Drawing that
sword from the stone,
Just a power
possessed by Arthur,
The power of
labour alone.
D. A.
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