by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Roebling
Language: English 
This industrial churn,
the motor’s low growl
calls out to those,
buried beneath the fold,
calls out to those
not working
to pick up your tools
to move your hands
to carve a beacon,
to release the fire
from the coal.
Juncta
Juvant

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