I am not a Marxist
Do you know what a Marxist is?Do you know what a Marxist is?
I’m not an animal.
Yet I love them.
I am not silent
Nor am I a lamb
Not baaaing but
Staring with tight lips
Pursing and cursing
In CAPITAL LETTERS
“Sick,” they say;
red and rigid
It’s too late to get better
Haunting names
Clever games
We shall overcome
The voice of a nagging bum
I’m a shepherd
in a leprosy colony
Meticulous manipulation
of Americaness
Fly your flag
Freedom your way
Or the highway
Scum you are
Bitter and a babysitter
for Congress
Not toddlers, not teens
Puppies with rabies
Whatever he wants, they sing
War. War. war within
Instigation is what we need.
Just be mean
Fight to create more fights
Blame it on others
Deflection reflection
We know you well
Run and hide
And then chid.
Doing nothing to you
Is something
It won’t work
Justice will judge
And diversity and equity
Will come to bite
Freeing us all from your fake might
Millions will yell
Enjoy the jail cell
I protest fascism
I live in America
Or do I?
The law permits it
What does it say
A ri…
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