Someday Martin Luther King, Jr day

Someday Martin Luther King Jr Day

 

 

Someday

we will remember Colin Kaepernick

by a

day of shopping

and a baseball game

 

 

Someday

we will remember Mario Savio,

of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement,

by a choreographed assembly

by a scripted play

 

Someday,

we will remember

our Founding Fathers

by reading English Poets,

re-enacting 1066

 

Someday, someday in the soon,

we must return to the MLK 

day of protest

day of freedom

day to

end

wars

 

Until we get

to year 2033

when

all beings are free

the word war is only used

in the past tense

in the past tense

and there is nothing left to protest

                       nothing right to protest

Then return to the day of service

 

 

About bobsmall1

Update; Bob Small has been posting, for a while, at URL : https://billlawrenceonline.com/special-election-7-for-2023/ a recent Blog post, vary between local and national politics and whatever. Still Blogging Poetry etc on this Blog. Bob Small has read at Bacchanal, Barnes and Noble, Borders, The Booksource (Swarthmore), The Clark Park Festivals,Community College of Philadelphia Highwire Gallery, The Mad Poets Annual Food Fest Reading, The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus GalleryThe Painted Bride Arts Center, The Philadelphia Ethical Society, Robin's Bookstore and other venues that have moved or ceased existence. The University of Pennsylvania and also in New York City, Trenton, NJ, Washington, DC, and in many Delaware Valley Venues. He is the author of numerous chapbooks, including El Otro Lado (with Maralyn Lois Polak), On watching America Die, Small Steps and Toes (with Lamont B. Steptoe), and The Unapoet. Bob Small was Founder and President of the two decades old Poets and Prophets, which presented Poetry Readings in both Delaware County and Philadelphia. Bob was the Chair of The Delaware County Green Party and was the First Green Party Candidate in Delaware County (2005). He was also a Green Party National Delegate, among other duties. He is the Founder and Facilitator of The Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition (PaBac), which is a Coalition of both Independents and Third Parties., seeking to legislatively improve Pennsylvania's Ballot Access Laws. (Facebook) Bob is also a founding member and Facilitator of Democracy Unplugged, and Delco Debates, which has presented Independent and Third Party Forums in Delaware County since 2004. Facebook) He was formerly involved with Cinema Resistance, and Delco Pledge of Resistance. Bob currently lives in Swarthmore with his wife and their menagerie of animals. He is currently focused on writing a Novel/ 10 minute plays, trying to see his 45 collection and organizing his Poetry, which he posts on his Blog (Bob Small1). He is retired from most of the above activities, except Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition.
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1 Response to Someday Martin Luther King, Jr day

  1. Rich says:

    I don’t understand the reference to 2033.

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