The Whisper

09/03/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



Have you heard the whisper?

The talk about the town?

The factory is closing

The whole operation shutting down



There will be job losses everywhere

From the bottom to the top

Workers, managers, overseers

All will get the chop



No one seems to know a date

Or what is exactly going on

It’s all rumours and gossip

And a fear we’ll soon be gone



Without the factory and its workers

What will happen to this place?

No industry and no people

This is the future that we face



Many won’t be able to retrain

Their lives sunk into this work

No love from rich CEOs

Or politicians with a smirk



Right now, it’s just whispers

Passing from ear to ear and back

But when whispers become reality

Too many will fall through the crack