As the world is reduced
to greater insanity
Events in Palestine challenge
your humanity
What would you have done
if you were German citizens
When the Nazis were repressing Jews
and killing them?
Everyone likes to say
they’d have taken … Read the rest
I am a revolutionary!
he said it without pause
empowering the people
that was the cause
I’ll never bend or bow
won’t die in the streets
will live my life in rhythm
with the people’s beat
don’t want to stand … Read the rest
There was a time
not so long ago
when it was fashionable
to hang us from ropes
to crack racist jokes
to use racist tropes
then came a world war
that armed the world’s poor
who then saw
with guns … Read the rest
The image of superheroes
defies the real
portraying creatures that fly
with hides of steel
who cannot be killed
on the surface
these ideals
are meant to thrill
but go deeper still
and it’s revealed
they’re meant to instill
in … Read the rest
Mine eyes have seen the colored hordes who fell upon your sword;
As you trampled the entire globe stealing wealth to hoard;
What madness would induce you to think you should be adored?
Imperialism marches on.… Read the rest
In our communities
white folks see habits they call bad,
Like holding our crotches
and letting our pants sag.
They ask why do you do this
grabbing on yourself?
Richard Pryor explained it:
“You motherfuckers done took everything else!”
And … Read the rest
Elon Musk
giving “Hail Hitler” salutes
protecting cops shooting Blacks in backs
modern day jackboots
Donald the Nazi
studies Mein Kampf
fascist rule consolidated
the cards all Trump’s
one man hegemony
return to feudal rule
Black entertainers inaugurate him
idiot … Read the rest
When I was a child my father demanded
recite Kipling’s poem “If”
he never mentioned Rudyard was a bigot
I found out only because I sniffed
around in his collection of poems
beyond my father’s plans
discovered the ripening he … Read the rest
oh great pretenders
you act as though
the things you do
you do not know
when history shows
your world was built
on lands and wealth stolen
islands of gold
surrounded by oceans
of blood and bones
from people slaughtered… Read the rest
The socialist states
are all gone
Does this mean capitalism
has finally won?
By no means
is the fate of all decided
Just because the rich now
have divided
And eat the world like
a pie
Causing billions to die… Read the rest