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"The foreman/pinches/touches us./ Today he grabbed nadia's backside/ when both her hands were full/ carrying her finished waists"

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"How can we ever prove him wrong if we are all too poor for a simple timepiece? I feel like a monkey on a chain dancing for laughing crowds with no way to break free."

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" I dip into my savings just a little/ for a shirtwaist/ a smart skirt/ new stockings/ a hat/ and a pair of boots/ that fit."

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"After a few hours/ in the dank row of the jail cells/ called the tombs,/ the magistrate issues a stern wraning/and i am released."

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"I will be quick/you can wait till lunch/ for a trip to the toilet/ like the rest of them./ if you can't wait, you must be ill./ if you're ill, you can go home-/just don't bother/ coming back.

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a piece of cake/for each of you/if you don"t say a word if you stay hidden/until I come back.

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"I know Papa hopes this year/ I will repent/ give up my dreams/ but he may as well ask/ that I stop breathing."

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"Temporary./ Of all their words, that is the one/ that burns;/ is that not exactly my plan-/ to stay only as long as it takes/ to pass the exams/ to earn my college scholarship."

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'"'Executive Board Member'/
This will only earn me more attention from the bosses/ when I go looking for work/at a new shop;..."

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"My eyes are tired/my backside sore/ from sitting for so many hours/ in a single day./ i step outside/ fill my lungs/ like dusty bellows/ rusty/ from lack of use"

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"I feel like a sapling/ torn out at the roots/ just when i was beginning/ to reach/ toward the sky."

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my fingers are sore/my eyes grow tired/from squinting/at tiny stitches/all day.

The whirring machines are loud      (so loud)

My head rings/for hours/ after I leave

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"you will have to gain/ high school equivalency/ by the time the term begins next fall./ Though I have not yet/ been able to make my joy/ form a single word"

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"Temporary./ Of all their words, that is the one/ that burns;/ is that not exactly my plan-/ to stay only as long as it takes/ to pass the exams/ to earn my college scholarship."

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"guessing how many sips of water/I can take without needing the toilet/(which is in the backyard/behind the shop)/until the foreman unlocks the door at lunch"

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"I take my mothers hands in my own. Would you have me stay silent while those around me suffer?  She says, If you do not stay silent you cannot work. If you do not work, how will we eat?  It is only then I see Marcus and Nathan in the parlor listening to every word, questions accusations in their eyes."

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"I miss another English class/ to attend a meeting/ in a smoky union hall."

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"Papa will be angry, of course, but he is not the one working day in, day out to keep us out of the poor house."

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If you do not stay silent/you cannot work/.If you do not work / how will we eat?/

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" I could not look away anymore.  I spoke to the boss, sure he would make it right."

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Lauren, Emma

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Clara would have a safer environment in college.

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The protest may not work and she could lose everything with no reason.

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Clara would put herself and her family in danger.

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If Clara protests, she risks losing her job and achieving her dream of going to college