need we mention to

mr. hope & change

that action vowed isn’t

a question of

identifying &

stigmatizing the

“mentally ill,”

as if they were all

wielding guns?

need we mention to

mr. hope & change that

the conditions of this

country lead to the actions

of its citizens, whether

they be homicidal or

suicidal?

need we point out to mr.

hope & change that

anger, violence & the

persistent ambition to do

harm, does not disappear

because one tries to

placate it or even worse,

to silence it.

now is a time to LISTEN

to those who will stop at

nothing to change this

empire that fails its own

people,

now is a time to shut the

fuck up & LISTEN---

for it is the constant

talking AT those who

are suffering,

that makes it all so

inevitable.