House is Empty
by 
The tv is oddly free
No talk of football or what kids want to see
No one complains about supper of baloney
No demand for pizza or macaroni
Too quiet here tonight, old man ain’t used to
No drums, no beauty pageants, no dances,
No basement skateboarding
Just too quiet for the old man.
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Stewart Acuff is America’s best-known and foremost labor organizer. He is the former organizing Director of the AFL-CIO. Acuff has also written two books: Playing Bigger Than You Are: A Life in Organizing, and Getting America Back to Work, coauthored by Dr. Richard Levins.
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