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| Artwork source: Vox |
We rip out the old lines.
Fragments of bright copper
shine on concrete still trapped
in white and black casing.
New yellow cords replace
white insulated ones.
Asked the electrician does
this make any difference.
Reports to everyone
it’s safer, but confides
running through each cable
is the same old power.
Frederick Charles Melancon lives in Mississippi with his wife and daughter. Even as an untrained electrician, he knows to turn the power off before touching the power lines.