Poetic News, Wednesday October 2 2019

We consider industrial workers in a post-industrial world.

“He wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top
that could pierce human flesh. After publicly suggesting
that soldiers shoot migrants if they threw rocks,
the president backed off when his staff told him that was illegal.”

via The New York Times

A plant in Silao, Mexico crumbles
as 6,000 GM workers are laid off,
say so long Silverado/Sierra
ten times fast.

via CNBC

Across the pond 79 are lucky.
Their Titanic faith rewarded
as big energy breaths life new life
into bankrupt industrials.

“But later in a meeting, aides recalled,
he suggested that they shoot migrants in the legs
to slow them down. That’s not allowed either,
they told him.”

via CNN