Saturday, May 22, 2021
the only way out
No one here now will be made to leave
There's no way to go back and undo the past
There can only be truth and reconciliation
Providing meaningful reparations to make amends
This is what the future holds
When we have the promised justice for all
But in the present circumstances look at Israel
And see the past being recapitulated
Yes there are important differences
But all settler states steal the land forcefully
Asserting their right to dispossess the natives
Using racist tropes to excuse their inhumanity
The brutality of slavery here still continues
In the form of the prison industrial complex
With white sheets exchanged for blue uniforms
And lynching replaced by cop bullets and choke holds
The Palestinians know all about mass incarceration
With Gaza as a form of ghetto concentration camp
The Zionist state rules with its version of apartheid
Armed and financed by the United States
And yet for the most part no one arriving intended it
Drawn to the idea of a place free from persecution
Being themselves displaced persons refugees or deportees
Hoping to live a better life in a new land
So this is the only way out of the endless conflict
To welcome all immigrants like they could be our ancestors
To cede prime land and sovereignty to the indigenous
And to dismantle every aspect of systemic racism
Friday, May 21, 2021
Thursday, May 20, 2021
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