revolution
the day of rage
arrives
the spin
the turn
radical solutions
goes to the root
to extract
the spin
the turn
radical solutions
goes to the root
to extract
the intractable
a painful molar
requires
a painful molar
requires
Herculean tugs
steel pliers
grip
wrap
stubborn eye teeth
bleeding through
bleating gums
baying songs of remorse
in stirring courage
of idealistic hope
demanding the impossible
expecting the miraculous
construction
edifice of aspirations
hope fashions bricks
to build opulent palaces
let all eyes feast
upon the bounty of beauty
the bread and flowers
our head swims
in the fragrance of jasmine
wrapped in the velvet dreams
of possibility
purge the soul
and smash the skulls
of heinous memory
the viscous teeth
of state repression
blood dripping fangs
intractable states of being
to the people of the world
witness the heroic acts of love
shouldering old heroes
resurrecting memorials
to dead Che's
icons of memory
hidden in heavens cloud
covering mountainous peaks
of tragic expectations
inane possibility
and the ultimate
ironic betrayal
a common fate
romantic warriors
risk to suffer
revolution
it ain't no tea party
Mao knows
power grows
from a smoking gun barrel
but delicate flowers
breaking through
hard crusts
of repression
are the exegesis
of the
miraculous
grip
wrap
stubborn eye teeth
bleeding through
bleating gums
baying songs of remorse
in stirring courage
of idealistic hope
demanding the impossible
expecting the miraculous
construction
edifice of aspirations
hope fashions bricks
to build opulent palaces
let all eyes feast
upon the bounty of beauty
the bread and flowers
our head swims
in the fragrance of jasmine
wrapped in the velvet dreams
of possibility
purge the soul
and smash the skulls
of heinous memory
the viscous teeth
of state repression
blood dripping fangs
intractable states of being
to the people of the world
witness the heroic acts of love
shouldering old heroes
resurrecting memorials
to dead Che's
icons of memory
hidden in heavens cloud
covering mountainous peaks
of tragic expectations
inane possibility
and the ultimate
ironic betrayal
a common fate
romantic warriors
risk to suffer
revolution
it ain't no tea party
Mao knows
power grows
from a smoking gun barrel
but delicate flowers
breaking through
hard crusts
of repression
are the exegesis
of the
miraculous
the wages of agitation
reaction rages
speaks back
terrible answers
rifles cracks
crushed skulls
flowing wounds
burst hearts
pierced torsos
with slim stilettos
reactionary bayonets
the cold steel
the ambivalence of power
conceding nothing
giving less
jealously guarding
the comfort of privilege
the pride of tyranny
rifles cracks
crushed skulls
flowing wounds
burst hearts
pierced torsos
with slim stilettos
reactionary bayonets
the cold steel
the ambivalence of power
conceding nothing
giving less
jealously guarding
the comfort of privilege
the pride of tyranny
a despots fortitude
hidden behind moats
hidden behind moats
fantastic propaganda
boasting about
crumbling strongholds
with mythic lies
losing the stranglehold
on dialectical imagination
of freedom and liberty
boasting about
crumbling strongholds
with mythic lies
losing the stranglehold
on dialectical imagination
of freedom and liberty
"order and stability"
is a despots promise
exhorts his people
to return
to a condition
of debilitation
to let his torturers
extract the truth
from the seditious rebels
who can't perceive
the excellence
of his just rule.
is a despots promise
exhorts his people
to return
to a condition
of debilitation
to let his torturers
extract the truth
from the seditious rebels
who can't perceive
the excellence
of his just rule.
"Do you want
another Six Days
of humiliation?
Do you wish
another Six Days
of humiliation?
Do you wish
to be abandoned
by the fierce eagle
America has nested
perched along
our Blue Nile
and the dead
emptiness
of our desert Sinia?"
The bloody talons
grip a region
refusing to ransom
the bloody carcass
of the Arab World
it gorges
upon in a
profane feast
of democratic civility.
by the fierce eagle
America has nested
perched along
our Blue Nile
and the dead
emptiness
of our desert Sinia?"
The bloody talons
grip a region
refusing to ransom
the bloody carcass
of the Arab World
it gorges
upon in a
profane feast
of democratic civility.
Mubarak smiles
as he peers out
the open window
of his besieged
palace.
The stain of
red teeth glow
in the dying
light of
as he peers out
the open window
of his besieged
palace.
The stain of
red teeth glow
in the dying
light of
his imperial rule.
His minions
the deadly Jinn
breathe fire
of Molotov elixirs
onto the
body politic
setting it aflame
on the pyre
of ruthless
suppression.
His minions
the deadly Jinn
breathe fire
of Molotov elixirs
onto the
body politic
setting it aflame
on the pyre
of ruthless
suppression.
He promises
to rebuild
the prisons
with the labor
of prisoners.
Suleiman
is busy
Suleiman
is busy
mixing mortar
with the
blood and bones
blood and bones
of the states enemies.
You Tube Music Video:
Gil Scott Heron:
Oakland
2/2/11
jbm
(WIP)
