upset

mr. buffet can’t believe that

so much “inequality exists

without people really getting upset” &

as he & some of his richest friends in the world

start to give up some of their moola

to cause that they see fit,

the fact remains that

enough are not upset---

it is time to get upset

it is time to get in the streets

it is time to do more than occupy

it is time to refuse to settle for the

crumbs

it is time to get more than

upset

it is time to get this empire to

squeeze more than blood from the stone

it is time to stop ignoring people who

are sick of being ignored

it is time to listen to ALL the voices being screamed

at night time & in the day

it is time to indict those who run the empire

it is time to squeeze the rich dry

of what they have gained from stepping on the rest of us

it is time to stop pretending that putting bandages &

ointments on our wounds is going to heal

the gashes inflicted by the history of classism,

racism, ethnocentrism, sexism, homophobia &

flat out violence to those who may seem a bit

different

than the rest of the abiding, ridiculous, flock,

baaaaaaaaa-ing the whole time

whilst breaking their backs for the banks of others

it is time to put an end to all that has been

unsettling the majority

it is time to put an end to all that has been oppressing

the majority

it is time to break down the walls built in front of those

just trying to survive,

smothered in the belly of the most threatening empire on the

planet,

who wields the club upon the domestic population as well as

the international---

it is time &

you know it,

to be more than

upset.