Occupy Wall Street Drew Dellinger
We need global
citizens for some sit-ins
again.
I say we all meet
on Wall Street
and lock down–
lock the whole block down!
I take exception to the rule This fall, school’s in session See, the one percent done spent all the rent. We’re the like-minded ninety-nine percent We stand for justice, The message is simple: It’s time to It’s time for the people to peacefully fight back. Tell the jaded it’s that long-awaited revolution. We came to incite insight, Let’s occupy Let’s occupy Occupy the divine mind residing inside. See, I’m the type writer ‘Cause history knows it’s the time Tell your friends I’ll meet ‘em there at Freedom Square. Our communities need us. How could we ask for anything less than the future?
(October 13, 2011) www.planetizethemovement.org #OWS copyright c 2011
of the greedy and the cruel.
and the lesson is Wall Street.
It’s time for action
and your name’s on the call sheet.
It’s time we all meet
and name what it is:
the game has been rigged
to enrich corporate
business interests that sent this economy spinning.
Charlie Sheen is not the only clueless dude that thinks he’s winning.
And now the rent’s due, so we’re coming to a tent near you.
standing up to corruption with loving dissent.
and the future,
and all of humanity.
Embracing all people.
Yes, even Sean Hannity.
greed, injustice, and eco-destruction have to go.
Pay attention corporate media. We’ll try to say it slow.
rock the nation,
rock this occupation.
Tell Congress and the media we’re taking the mic back.
Put away the pepper spray and re-read the Constitution.
These cops are paid to go crazy, yo.
But we’re peaceful.
Don’t tase me, bro.
unite and discuss this.
We came to hang, and to bang the drums of justice.
with our love and our light.
the earth and the sky,
and live with all beings
as a planet-wide tribe.
that’s known to light fires
and prone to inspire
the moment’s own higher desire.
for resisting the team at the scene of the crime.
They can’t stop us, from Seattle to Chiapas.
It’s our mission to envision
what comes after the catastrophe.
How do we move past
the capitalist disaster?
We are all leaders.
–Drew Dellinger
About Drew Dellinger
Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker, poet, writer, and teacher whose keynotes and poetry performances—which address ecology, justice, cosmology, and connectedness—have inspired minds and hearts around the world. He is also a consultant, filmmaker, and founder of Planetize the Movement.
Dellinger has presented at over 1400 events across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. He has spoken and performed at numerous conferences—including TEDWomen, Bioneers, the Green Festival, the Dream Reborn, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions—as well as colleges and universities, poetry venues, protests, and places of worship.
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