there are professions
where workers
work in sunlight
need blessed sunlight
...
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Coal was once a vital industry keeping industry steaming, ships sailing and generations of people warm; now instead of pollution waste deforestation coal is a target industry, strangely when coal power stations in Australia are among the cleanest most efficient power sources in the world.
My father was a coal miner in France. Your thought-provoking poem stirs up sad and joyful memories for me. Sad...for such a dreadful profession. Joyful...for having had him as my father. THX for the memories, Terence!