Aurora Magazine 2018

By man’s unwary hand His greed blinds him to the signs The signs of the mountain It’s pain, its warning Still man destroys the mountain He searches endlessly for coal His source of wealth and death The poor take the danger From the mountains’ defenses They die to be replaced By others desperate for work To feed their families Obsessed with wealth and power Owners strive for cheap mining

Cutting the workers’ wages and safety The miners rebel, fighting for their rights More death and pain from mans’ greed Soon machines took their place But it was not enough The owners looked to make more No matter the expense

To the mountain and it’s people So they blast the mountain tops Tearing down the spires That pointed upward Filling the valleys Stopping flowing rivers And roaring waterfalls Filling the streams with poison D U D L E Y

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