Colonial Park June 29, 2020

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compilation 2019-2020

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the surge

Look at the fascists in their red hat uniform worn here today

Who tout their Make America Great Again nostalgia slogan 

Trying  to hold onto white protestant male hetero supremacy rule 

Imposed through racist sexist violence legal and extralegal. 

The pandemic is coming to get them

Unmasking their attempts to deny the obvious truth

When socialism succeeds by following science for all to see

They have made America First in deaths.

The surge once meant sending a swarm of soldiers

To subjugate a population resisting occupation 

And success meant staving off the inevitable defeat 

As endless war eventually leads empires to collapse. 

Now the surge means the spread of infections

Attacking more rampantly in the most capitalist places

Attacking most viciously where right wing politicians rule

Threatening the total disintegration of society.

When healthcare is denied for so many 

When so many workers don't have sick leave

When profits come before people

This pandemic rages out of control. 

The surge of people in the streets protesting police brutality 

Protesting against the entire system of white supremacy 

Takes on a special urgency in a time of pandemic

When all of our lives are at stake.

The imperative of unbridled capitalism 

Forces millions of people to risk their lives 

Or go hungry and homeless 

Or fight like hell to throw them out.

Celery Farm June 26, 2020

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Ramapo Valley June 25, 2020

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eleven years

Your eyes speak as you look my way 

Something more than words

Something I know with full certainty

Something we share together. 

Being next to you night and day

Every move we make around each other 

So familiar now everything is easy 

So completely where I want to be.

If I don't make a big fuss about it

If I take it for granted we're good

Even if you don't need me to say it

I'll just quietly take this moment. 

Let me tell you again how much I love you

The way you stand strong for liberation 

The way you are especially kind and honest 

The way you think of how to help others. 

Every precious inch of your outside

So beautiful to me to be with as I listen

To hear what you are thinking about 

To take in your insights  and analysis. 

Eleven years now since we came together 

Passing by quickly when we get along so well 

Finding such happiness in each other

What a wonderful life we have.

Celery Farm June 21, 2020

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