Carpe Diem Haiku “Silk”

I saw the prompt “silk”
Working Japanese children
Childhood memories
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Luxurious silk
Small children work with small hands
Tired, sleepless, low wages
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Silky soft, lovely
This seductive kimono
Children died to make

Today I read a few Haiku based on a Carpe Diem Haiku prompt. Vividly beautiful and and full of seductive colors and imagery. Yet all I could think of were the old Japanese movies I saw growing up, depicting the Silk mills of the late 1800’s and early 1900 with terrible working conditions for workers who were primarily very young women working long hours with low wages and succumbing to disease such as TB. I hadn’t thought of this in a very long time. But I realize I don’t own any silk. I never buy it and I wonder if my unconscious has been masterminding this silk-ban as a result of those movies. At least the topic inspired me to write these three Haiku. If you click on the Carpe Diem link above, you’ll find wonderfully written examples from other writers that more eloquently talk about silk.