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Down In The Hole

Down In The Hole

 

I was sixteen, they threw me down the hole,

I stood in darkness, breathing in the dust

while learning who I could and couldn’t trust

in this black new empire of worm and mole.

My dad said it was this life or the dole -

if our family was to earn a crust

then I would have to work until I bust

and sacrifice ambition, heart and soul.

Years of hardship f...

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Marks In The Sand

Marks In The Sand

 

Sitting in his ivory tower,

built on the sweat,

blood and bones

of those who helped him

build it – then, when they

had served their purpose,

sacrificed on the

gleaming altar of greed.

 

High ambition in this

glass and steel Babylon,

where His armies

were to take over the world.

Britannia slain but defiant

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redundancy   job losses   office tower   failed bid   takeover   resignation

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