It Begins
the empire has had enough---
having pandered to those occupying for 2 months now,
standing cute & subtle beside, avoiding aggression
so as to avoid unfavorable photo-ops with those
resisting,
so as to avoid having the footage being posted on youtube &
other places on the net---
now the evictions, the tearing up & the throwing away of
people’s property has begun
the lawyers representing zuccotti have got a restraining order
since 1am when it began,
and the city is ticking
waiting on the next steps of everything.
breaking up the community with pepper spray,
shields & batons is only the beginning---
still,
what seems to be forgotten is that
those that have had enough, the 99%
are still the 99%---
whether they are huddled together in a park or
somewhere else waiting---
how many of us have jobs?
how many of us have homes?
how many of us are sick & can’t afford healthcare?
how many of us have relatives in other countries
fighting to keep the empire functioning by beating its
domestic population down at the same rate as it tries
to keep thwarting its hegemony upon the world in the name
of capitalism, greed & insanity?
during the break up of zuccotti a man asked repeatedly,
“where are we gonna go?”
and there was no response but aggression.
as if
there is somewhere that this will all fade away to
as if
there is something that we are supposed to feel guilty about
as if
we are supposed to just shut up and accept the fate that
the vultures in suits on wall street would like us to
as if
we are going to quiver for one minute in the face of this state’s
power.
this state, this empire,
is the icon for the world’s scumbag capitalists who
want to produce more of the same,
but the 99% of the world being strangled by the rest
watch the footage,
read the reports &
they will not cease hearing the shouting
for this is just in zuccotti.
what has started is not going to end
in fact, the very “cracking down,”
is only going to heighten the tension &
recruit more individuals who are beginning to understand
the vital need for an end to wall street &
everything it stands for.
it has been 59 days &
what needs to be done is a
raid on those that have no problem with the
suffering of the rest of us---
they watch from the windows above
they dine with the state that thwarts against its people,
but they will have to commit genocide on america
if they are to successfully squash the anger that has evolved,
that continues to evolve & strengthen.
humpty can only sit on his wall for so long, before he teeters off.
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2011
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