{"id":3494,"date":"2023-10-08T14:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:05:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:05:33","slug":"outside-the-box-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3494","title":{"rendered":"OUTSIDE THE BOX (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fiveheads\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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>From city to jail blocks
\nwe live behind locks,
\nThe world is much bigger
\nthan this tiny cell box.<\/p>\n

But like slaves
\nof old
\nconfined within the fold,
\nOnly allowed to know
\nwhat our enslavers have told<\/p>\n

Each of us…
\ntheir lies
\nand pies in the skies
\nDeceptions meant
\nto disguise
\nso we don’t realize…<\/p>\n

The bigger reality
\nthe depth and totality,
\nOf the life
\nthat might be
\nto revive our vitality<\/p>\n

And ignite
\nour insight
\nour will to live right,
\nAnd fight
\nfor a world turned back upright.<\/p>\n

Oh yes!
\nWe must outwit this sly fox
\nclear our minds and detox,
\nSo we can think
\noutside the box.<\/p>\n

Cuz the world we’re
\ngiven
\nand confined to live in,
\nIs much too small
\nfor the masses
\nonce risen.<\/p>\n

We need true absolution
\nthere is but one
\nsolution,
\nA radical intrusion
\nit’s called revolution.<\/p>\n

It’s not a trick word
\nthough it may sound absurd,
\nBut that’s because most
\nhave only heard
\nit used as an idea to disturb…<\/p>\n

The usual silence
\nwith guns and violence,
\nWith no real direction
\npurpose or guidance.<\/p>\n

But the true meaning
\nof the term
\nmeans to upturn,
\nA system that causes
\nthe masses to yearn<\/p>\n

For equality
\nunity
\nan end to impunity,
\nBy a class
\nthat preys on the people
\ncausing mass insecurity.<\/p>\n

By hoarding wealth
\nwithout regard for the health,
\nOf the people who produce
\nwhat they steal by stealth.<\/p>\n

So our challenge
\nis to break the shackles and locks
\nthat bind
\nand mocks,
\nAnd free our minds
\nfrom the confines
\nof a box.<\/p>\n

The best foundation
\nand stage
\nwas set and laid,
\nfrom Mao Zedong to Lenin
\nback to the beginning
\nwith the revolutionary sage…
\nKarl Marx.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

By Kevin Rashid Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  >From city to jail blocks we live behind locks, The world is much bigger than this tiny cell box. But like slaves of old confined within the fold, Only allowed to know what our enslavers have told Each of us… their lies and pies in the skies Deceptions meant …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-3494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-poetry","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3497,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions\/3497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}