The Silenced Majority

Everyday, past or present tense,
the silenced move like ants
on motos and bikes or on foot
with loads on their heads, their shoulders
or backs
stacked high and overloaded
vehicles carrying produce
to and from markets,
bricks, rocks and timbers
to construction sites
where young men and women
from the countryside would
labour for their meals.
Their invisibility a nameless count
in mass graves that scattered
all over the country
Cambodia a map full of skulls
the present people are too busy to see
Life an occupation in a capitalist system
that enslaves and exploits
their needs to eat and survive.