change happens whether you care or not
revolution happens if you believe 
or not; empires fall always as a rule 
things can get worse or better
if you prepare 

my dear sister; i know the world 
has untold weapons against us
my dear sister; i know the words
alone will not convince you 
my dear sister; i am imploring 
you to fight 

not for fighting sake 
but for the future
nihilists have been 
proven wrong time
after time 

like meteorologists
or politicians 
a lack of caring 
a pessimism 
is not security 
it is a paper
tiger 

i love you and
live for you
even as i 
know 

you are no
longer 
my friend 

practices
loneliness,
as a virtue. A single
specious need
to keep
what you have
never really
had.
— Read on getlitanthology.org/poemdetail/294/

what's your alibi for not living?
too many times i gave myself
all myself
to one who could never ever 
no, i blame myself more
what's your alibi for not giving?
too many times i lived a dream
i could not repeat 
it's like that 
what's your alibi for not trying?
i was too tired 
to finish the poem

If I cannot feed myself
I will let you bathe me
If I cannot clean myself
I will let you teach me
If I cannot read myself
I will let you tease me
If I cannot laugh myself
I will let you taste me
If I cannot eat myself
I will let you face me
If I cannot see myself 

James Boggs was a Detroit auto worker, activist, and author. Nearly 60 years ago he analyzed revolutionary movements in the Americas and described their role in hastening the U.S. empire’s decline. 
— Read on www.blackagendareport.com/document-decline-united-states-empire-james-boggs-1963

didn’t know enuf
to be acting up
i was tough 
i was looking out
i was looking down
what a crown
what a prize
quelle surprise
no one notice me 
feeling blue
holy brown
like sargasso sea