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Working Class Dog
by TD Euwaite

I've not spied the Falls of Clyde
Or swum the Zuider Zee
I've not been to Hollywood
Seen Lady Liberty

I travel all around, you see
But not to stop and view
I am here for shoveling
To make a path for you

To all the world, I'm just a man
Strong back and muffled tongue
I smile as I finish work
That others have begun

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Working Class Dog
by TD Euwaite

I've not spied the Falls of Clyde
Or swum the Zuider Zee
I've not been to Hollywood
Seen Lady Liberty

I travel all around, you see
But not to stop and view
I am here for shoveling
To make a path for you

To all the world, I'm just a man
Strong back and muffled tongue
I smile as I finish work
That others have begun

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Like it, like it, like it.

especially the I am here for shovelling
To make a path for you

(just thinking aloud - if you are here for shovelling - could that be interpreted as if you were the one being shovelled - out of the way, so to speak to allow others to pass?)
Would I am here for THE shoveling sort that out?

I understand the last verse to mean that other folk ahead of you have also done their fair share of shovelling too, to make a path for you (TD)
When I read your stuff I get the feeling that the verses just appear to you and you write them down - I used to get this quite often, especially late at night - (when the muse was upon me! - 'ark at 'er, oo do she think she is?)
From one working class dog to another.

good...but not great...
but i like it still,,,

keep going...all the best!

That is really good. =)

ok but could be better

Great line: strong back and muffled tongue. The title will probably get you some varied comments, but your words makes one think. Another nice one.

Oh, the different meanings to this one hit you right over the head!!!! Done good, goodly done!!

Another university, doo-dah, doo-dah!
Is considering teaching our book!
Oh, doo-dah day!!!

I like it. It sounds like you are telling us the youngsters that your effort in gathering and publishing our poems are actually to pave the path for us to begin our own journey, as you already had yours. May i suggest that perhaps you could add the word "just" in the very last line as to exit the stage with a lasting effect. So the last stanza will look like this:

To all the world, I'm just a man
Strong back and muffled tongue
I smile as I finish work
That others have just begun.

=)

"A working class hero is something to be..."

I like it.

And thanks for all the work. I know you've been shoveling tons of it, but it certainly has paid off.