dig we true this new
revolution
(ill at ease)
yes
but pleased,
polyphonic,
& harmonious,
down on its knees, no longer
forsaking any
anymore these
least of we, but spotlight
front & center, full-choir
bedecked&backing
we up
swells o purple waves o
america.
so many places also
are the end of the world, but today
this day stays
the nearest we've come.
so far, yet so far & yet
beats still
this broken,
democratic,
dilapidation
(equal disopportunity for
all/scratchmethat's/you)
been beggin'
braggin'
driftin'
like a
smoke signal,
soot-soldiers,
the brave of the land &
the poor got more smoke
in their clothes than fire in empty
bellies,up
&coming,
arisen
in quiet
fire-risin'
eyes.
(say why? & say soon
on that third day, why, say
now why weren't one
of the closest there, awaitin'? not one
song, not one sandwich packed, not one balloon?
who will watch with me, eyes closed
ear to the ground
the better for
listening&feeling
the jazz of
angel-boots
& thunder-rumble.......)
& so,
reprise:revolution
time
& betimes
past &
past time the
gig's up &
this the deal: See the sky?
can't put that away now
not now it's sung:
sings!>>>we!>>>the sun!
after storm,
(nothin' but a riot of rain&sun:
rainbows is)
earth's bendin' of
light&cloud
prismatic promise
will bend a road out from this
moment,
unfurled by daylight
awhirl
in all the colors
o the dawn.