IDLE NO MORE! #1u The numbers run the wrong way Everyday the gap between soul defeating Misery and abundance beyond Imagination widens and our People lose hope waiting We wait instead act, our feet nailed down We look for leaders blame Obama But now Glory Be they have come Our newborn leaders in action Walkin’ movin’ talkin’ shoutin’ “I Am a Man” as they said in 68 Memphis “Ain’t I a Woman?” as Sojourner Truth said And so they say now in their Multicolored uniforms of different oppressors The fast food workers STRIKE and as they Strike for themselves and each other And their babies and families They strike for us all and this country Whose soul is shriveled by greed and Emptiness and hatred and avarice and anger Teach us to act, to move, walk and talk To proclaim our dignity and demand Our respect. Teach an entire people Our class, “To screw our courage to The sticking place,” as old Willy S said. Let us honor and raise up and proclaim The new leaders of our people and Our class and let us join them. stewartacuff/the-new-leaders/
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:27:27 +0000
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