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January 18 / 19, 2003

You Are Not One But Many

By DAVID KRIEGER

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

Your deep voice still hangs in the air,
Melting the cowardly silence.
You are the one standing solidly there
Looking straight in the face of violence.

You are the one who dreams
That this nation will honor its creed.
You are the one who steps forward.
You are the one to bleed.

You are not one but many
Unwilling to cower or crawl.
You are the one who will take no less
Than a world that is just for all.


David Krieger is president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He is the editor of The Poetry of Peace (Capra Press). He can be reached at: dkrieger@napf.org

 

Wall Street's Concern

by SYDNEY BERNARD SMITH

observe the lords of time & space
swagger by, make no pretence of
knowing the planet's tragic case,
their money-making's so intensive.
"you've just been walking on our face!"
they find that attitude offensive

Sydney Bernard Smith lives in Dundalk, Ireland and can be reached at: sydneybernard@esatclear.ie

 

The Theme from "Bush"
(With apologies to Isaac Hayes)

by KEVIN CARSON

Who's the overprivileged legacy from Yale
Who defends flyover country without fail?
Bush!

Who's the coke-snorting booze hound
Who busts every drug user around ('cept his niece and daughters)?
Bush!

Who's the chickenhawk deserter from the Guard
Who restored honor and integrity to high regard?
Bush!

He's a draft-dodgin' man, who never went to Nam....
But he did a lot of AWOL campaign work.
George Bush!

They say he's a worthless sack of--
Shut yo' mouth!
But I'm talkin' 'bout Bush!
Then we can dig it!

Kevin Carson can be reached at: KCarson@MailAndNews.com



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