THE WORKER is Part I of a three part performance.  Part II has been created and performed it is located at http://www.bright.net/~dapoets/midsummer/index.htm and a shortened version of Part II is located at http://www.bright.net/~dapoets/bash/dwhitler.htm  Part III is in progress and is called "The Ant Prophecies".  Therefore if things in Part I appear not to relate it is because they do relate to Part II and/or Part III.  The three parts relate to the Xmas Carol in that it is Xmas Past, Xmas Present, and Xmas Future.  The in progress "Ant Prophecies" are located here http://www.bright.net/~dapoets/bugs/antproph2.htm     

The mine

The canaries whine

They do not sing

They do not fly

Deep

Deep

In the mine

The miners

The miners

Sing their song

Crying for the sun

Singing with the pick

Deep in the mine

Down, down, down

Other bugs

Crawling on higher ground

Working their life

For the family they love

Making the monuments

For the owners above

Forcing the miner

Deeper, deeper deep

In the cold

Without a break

Without sleep

Their life away

For the family they love

For the owners above

More and more monuments

Forcing the miners

Deeper, deeper, deep

Deep in the mine

Down, down, down

Other bugs

On higher ground

For ever and ever

Digging, deeper, deeper deep

Till the canaries stop

And the miners sleep

For a thousand years

And a thousand more

The species cried

The monuments stood

The workers died

One day

The gray dust blew

The towers fell

Fire from the sky

Instead of hell

Now the monuments

Rust and dust

The species at its best

The miners sleep

And the workers rest