PoetryRepairShop 05.01:003 D.B.COX There's A Hole In The Sky down by riverside, where the cotton mill once covered the sun. where is that insatiable, steel-souled beast gnawing through cotton and flesh with the same cold precision? where is the ubiquitous clatter and hum that snaked its way through spider-cracked windows, and under closed doors, eventually embedding itself so deep, the heart fell in-sync - with the unrelenting beat? where are the tired workers, too young to be so old, dragged from homes by the screaming whistle three shifts a day, six days a week, streaming through revolving, metal gates - somehow, still willing. ______________________________________ gone... scattered on the ground... who could have known, that the last chapter of "King Cotton", would be written with a wrecking ball and crane? and how long, the stay-of-execution, for these temporary survivors? fading, stucco rows of now meaningless mill-houses standing naked and gray, like tombstones, in an abandoned graveyard. there's a hole in the sky, down by riverside. Copyright 2005, all rights revert to the poet.

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PoetryRepairShop 05.01:003 POETRYREPAIRS.US! We are looking for creative editors and webmasters to join PoetryRepairS at our new poetry and poetry-related portal and website, we envision a front door to many and diverse cultures, languages, and interests. To achieve our goal, we seek webmasters/editors for the following poetryrepairs subdomains and sites: //arabic.poetryrepairs.us and //chinese.poetryrepairs.us //french.poetryrepairs.us and //spanish.poetryrepairs.us and //slavic.poetryrepairs.us We seek webmasters and editors for subdomains clearly related PoetryRepairShop - sites such as //poetics.poetryrepairs.us //reviews.poetryrepairs.us //resources.poetryrepairs.com (resources for poets) //search.poetryrepairs.us //zines.poetryrepairs.us and feel free to suggest a website or subdomain of your interest. All webmaster/editor positions are offered without monetary compensation; we're looking for individuals eager to share online experience as a creative team. Please note: If you wish to purchase a subdomainsubdomains are available Copyright 2005, all rights revert to the poet.

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