The Wage Earner

In shining armor does his body he enclose,
and mounts his horse as any gallant knight is apt to do,
and leaves his castle, tensed from head to toes,
rides through the savage mountains to combat his foes,
and slays the fiery dragon ere the day is done,
courageously extracts and hoards its noble blood,
after his long and bitter battle 's won,
the weary warrior turns to home at night,
encumbered heavily by captured loot,
to rest his tired bones for next day's fight,
to gain more dragon's blood to feed his brood.

Alfred Charasz
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