Walk down locked and empty streets alone,
arrive for start of shift, it’s bear-the-brunt time
to serve some others’ families not your own
Going from the home front to the frontline
Frozen pay, now tiny, ice-cold ‘offers’,
red-bordered bills alert approaching deadline
The firing line ignites key workers’ coffers
Going from the frontline to the breadline
Production line for profit rolls forever,
the line of least resistance has been breached
The lifeline comes from standing strong together,
the time to draw the line has now been reached
Advance from breadline to the picket line
A frontline of a more empowering kind
