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by Dee Allen
There is no peace between classes.
Only war.
The war may have begun several centuries ago,
But the latest battle began the moment
Certain words fell from certain lips of
Sons & daughters of privilege----
The line was drawn between factions
Before any shots were fired
Created distance through actions
Cooperation had expired----
Refuse to share living space under one roof*
Disrespecting the elders
Indigenous to this land
Disrespecting the POOR----
No solidarity
Just toxic air
Seperated from the community
In the basement, unfair
Security guards, tall gates
Disturbing & vast
Restricting my movement
Unless I wear a pass
Where's the equality?
Where's the social justice?
They are non-existent
In this "progressive" artifice
Sharing skills & resources?
They refuse
Even here, the indigent lose
Due to states of abuse
Became enemies hen we should've been allies.
I was prepared to fight the good fight
Against a common adversary.
The concealed weapons of
Race & class privilege put an end to that.
In its place, a petty conflict
Without corpses & blood.
The ones who broke our trust:
Born with a silver spoon
Bred with the world's luxuries
Served to them on a silver platter
So they are free from stressing over
Starvation, thirst, destitution, want
And security.
Because they have been sheltered
Away from poverty, the
Privileged will never know the needs of the
Impoverished.
The will remain in darkness, despite their
Efforts to reach out to us, half-hearted.
Unless they toss their baggage aside.
Or kick it down.
Dedicated to saving an
Endangered woman's CHOICE in the USA
Whether or not to carry a growing seedling
Inside her 9 months long----
From the other side of the battlefield:
Pledged to making media
Untainted by corporate world influence
Through the lens of common people
Honourbound to saving this world from
Cataclysms manmade
Through their stories
Became enemies when we should've been allies.
They the privileged perpetrate
During activism on parade
Screaming: "WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE!
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE!"
Another world will be impossible
To reach if oppressive systems
Stil stand erect
In us & in movements.
Lessons learned in a battlefield
Called the United $tates Social Forum.
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