I was almost moved to tears
but the occupy wall street party
is going to be camping
on a museum lawn
and not even the old
Vancouver Stock Exchange
will be captured…
In Egypt
people were killed in the streets
police brutality was the norm
and young men would hold their chests
open to the red beam of the sniper rifle
death or victory was the cry
in Vancouver the organizers asked
if we were having fun
fuck
capitalism
and neo liberal Washington consensus
politics in particular.
the cuts will only get deeper,
the unions will only get weaker
the media will only get more biased
the military will only expand
education will get more expensive
medical will get more expensive
more people will spend more time in jail
and the arts will continue to decline
there will be more people and fewer jobs
the environment will be degraded
on the bright side it will be cheaper
to eat at MacDonald’s than go shopping.
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