Street Roots • August 25-31, 2017
Poetry
Patriots of Privilege
Page 13
Rising by Dawn
by Aileen McPherson
by Maddy Brown-Clark
With human rights on trial, how can we allow those
who sing and praise it for FREEDOM we march these days,
We’re Proud Boys, Chauvinists are We, venerating
housewives, guns and our liberty. This I have seen, both
past and present keen, three rallying protesting
marches in all, knowledge was gleaned.
There are many from all walks of life, fascist
young men very few women exalting one nation one race,
mothers and grandmothers you thought to embrace, spewing
supremacy on how great they are, those girls are a
disgrace, Lord are we better than them they should
respect our authority and grace, and last hopefully
one day the least, the Chauvinist filled with Blind
Patriotism, who is also a fascist believing in one race, a
national militaristic government, superiority is not for
any save our majority, our lordship gave us authority
to dominate and control, we will instill fear to make
our point clear.
The red sun was resting
On a cloud
In the early morning light
The streets were bare
And quiet
As I roamed the sidewalk
Kingdom
The sleepers rose up from their
Cardboard beds.
They had to move at dawn
And find someplace to keep cool
They had to roam from
Place to place
In search for security
Or a real bed to sleep on
But what will they do
So you see, to me they are all one and the same,
merely different names governing a philosophy that
has not changed in over 42 years. Fear is their
tool, to cause stresses undue, anxieties render
one helpless, hopeless, forcing dominion and servitude,
under the guise we love you to death do us part.
In the dictionary I read, this attitude, way of
thinking, is Terrorism as plain as can be, with
coercion they use threats and violence to
subdue, it starts with one, but be mindful,
they travel in a minimum of twos, they prefer
p a c k s , as t o i n f l i c t m o r e a b u s e .
City Sleeps
The world I long to see is full of comfort and happy
Where differences are accepted as daily objectives,
as cultures collide look at the transitions inspired,
journeys shared spread knowledge rare, stories
intertwined through space and time, lives touched
by a familial loss, how many more at what cost,
when will the terror STOP in the name of
by Daniel Cox
Silent echoes whisper to the
Souls of men. They fall on deaf ears.
Shadows of a man are dark when
He walks away from the light.
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