Wages
From slaves
in chains to serfs tied to the soil,
Such was the
arrangement down the ages,
Until folk
were freed to work for wages,
But their
lives still remained bound up with toil.
The world
has become a market place, where
Nine out of
ten only have labour power
To trade for
life, selling it by the hour
For much less
than what they produce, with spare
Value above
and beyond what is paid
In salaries.
Those one of ten who control
The wealth
of this world would take it all
If they
could as profits have to be made.
And so, by
legal sleights of hand and stealth,
The wealthy
extract from workers their wealth.
D. A.
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