A Manager Mining in China
By Ian Haight
The women could be stealing. I order stripping
them in front of male managers. The government keeps my kickback papers
near the back-room office toilet. I pay them to keep silent
about the bodies the bodies
I hid in caves and gullies. I pay
them to keep silent about the fire, and me
saying keep working.
My license is bigger than amputees who now can only watch TV.
If this little gold mine closes
everyone knows the workers will earn
nothing for their homes.
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