KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE

(For John Lewis 1940-2020)

When Dr King led the March on Washington in 1963

You were the youngest leader to address the crowd

And you died the last remaining speaker,

Eighty years old with strength and individuality

Acquired slowly and painfully;

The still visible baton scars

From freedom bus rides

And other peaceful protests

Prove it.

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watch the painters

watch the poets

drug the children

don’t let them create

watch the authors

watch the musicians

drug the populous

don’t let them create

watch the smokers

give them beer instead

don’t let them wander

don’t let them wonder

watch the third eye

keep it firmly shut

don’t let people find out

how firmly they are fucked

drug the children

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