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WORK WITHOUT PAY

Worker and his salaries
Long withheld by employer
Like plant without water
Withers and dies

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I do not know much about haiku. Can you furnish me with historical background of this form of poetry? Thank you and best wishes.
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A rekindled faith - Dancing in the Light

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What happens when the worker withers or goes on strike?
The employer starves too.

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Adding more lines to this piece, I fear, will take away its simplicity which leaves the reader to wonder what happens next. None the less, I came up with three more stanzas to the piece and to ask how you see it. Thank you and best wishes.

WORK WITHOUT PAY

Worker and his salaries
Long withheld by employer
Like plant without water
Withers and dies
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Withering worker unlike grass
Unites with others for a way out
Seeks strength to take the top brass
In unionism, squares up for a bout

With picketing and strike they demand
For prompt payment and better condition
They also help the business to re-brand
A behest to bigger yield and situation

Where the impudent Shylock refuses
The workforce grinds and so cut short
Then to arbitration court to state abuses
The trade, like ship, remains at the port

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A rekindled faith - Dancing in the Light

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