09.16.25
behind-the-scenes tour guide…
behind-the-scenes tour guide…
with a curious gaze asking how that tall structure got built…
two eyes scaled its stonework like a scenic overlook craving stilts…
“the greatest amazements around!”… adorned its massive facade…
’til a behind-the-scenes tour guide offered a backdrop view’s nod…
“i’ll steer you through to the past where this magnificence began…
a local wealthy man gathered some overabundant funds to transplant…
they’d laid lounging in vaults ‘neath luxury’s convenience and leisure…
and with no generosity deep down he vowed to build this grand feature”…
“he bought a noted designer a few modest stakes in his scheme…
they drew up blueprints together for huge golden gains from this dream…
framing eye-catching areas that flaunted fascinating innovations…
it launched as a ‘must-see’ for travelers to accommodate inclinations”…
“let’s start here at ground level and its foundation’s excavation…
a deal gave poor folks nearby a newer hope from old starvation…
but blunt shovels scooped muscles into weary heaps of fierce pain…
and food’s steadier departure left weakened limbs to maintain”…
“with just a handful still standing after greed’s grueling conditions…
they rushed in a chain gang of convicts to fill vacant positions…
’til dry spells found water for mortar but only foul sips for men…
then jailbirds bailed from life leaving no available labor again”…
“next they herded in servants to raise and shelter these walls…
loaning them prime tools and sustenance to stay fit for long hauls…
as rough chores back at home awaited their worthwhile returns…
so good health through it all endured tough lessons well learned”…
“with the exterior all finished some remaining serfs worked inside…
as low-paid job-hunting craftsmen forged contraptions to shine…
then platforms and bridges joined walkways for upcoming guests…
to overspread this vast location like a coliseum of requests”…
“neighboring artists arrived to offer their personal flairs…
but artistic input sat limited to the original drawings prepared…
where shapes stamped upon canvasses outlined that money-spun theme…
tho’ a few brushstrokes of their own outlooks showed up in-between”…
“finally this attraction’s completion reached out for cheap staff…
they’d earn skimpy low wages but reap big benefits quite fast…
like a free trip for their family or extra mealtime bread…
after those first days of long hours then short nights on hard beds”…
“so now you know in a sense how this tall structure got built…
and these pits of unfairness for workers its construction here drilled…
hence all that amazement to speak of won’t fill magnificence one bit!…
and it’s a shame that history repeating itself still seems to fit!”…
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