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And while we\u2019re talking about work<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Owen Gallagher<\/em><\/p>\n You can\u2019t sling Capitalism It can\u2019t be drycleaned, Don\u2019t think you can shrink Poking their Spokes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Owen Gallagher<\/em><\/p>\n They\u2019d rather replace us with machines, They\u2019d rather do this than retain Until machinery is installed, When our parts are worn out, And while we\u2019re talking about work by Owen Gallagher You can\u2019t sling Capitalism into the washing machine, set it at the highest temperature and expect it to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":540,"featured_media":14579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/540"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
into the washing machine,
set it at the highest temperature
and expect it to come out
bleached white and smelling of lavender.<\/p>\n
the fabric\u2019s too stubborn.
It\u2019s showing signs of wear and tear
and was never a good fit.<\/p>\n
this one-size-only corset.
Of course, it can be altered,
rebranded and remarketed,
to flatter your shape for a while.<\/p>\n
maintenance-free, efficient as a bicycle<\/p>\n
the likes of us
who stop to talk about conditions
and gawk at the clock
or the sky through a window.<\/p>\n
they\u2019ll keep us
barely inflated with wages.<\/p>\n
our frames buckled,
they\u2019ll replace us with younger models,
quieter, more pedal power, easy to propel.<\/p>\n![\"depression\"](\"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/depression.jpg\")
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